Episode 181: Plants You Can’t Kill Leave a comment
When vegetation are accomplished in by pests, ailments, or dangerous climate, it’s laborious to not take it personally. However on the constructive aspect, every plant that shuffles off this mortal coil does provide a possibility so as to add one thing newer and higher to our backyard. On this episode, Danielle, Carol, and professional visitor Kielian DeWitt discuss a number of the most dependable cultivars which have stood the check of time beneath powerful situations. Maybe one in all these selections will probably be excellent for filling a niche that has lately opened up in your backyard.
Knowledgeable: Kielian DeWitt lives and gardens in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley. Take a look at an article about her backyard right here: Backyard Design that Doesn’t Restrict Your Colour Palette
Danielle’s Picks: Vegetation You Can’t Kill
- Candy fern (Comptonia peregrina, Zones 2-6)
- ‘Biokovo’ hardy geranium (Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Biokovo’, Zones 5-8)
- Crimson Followers® mukdenia (Mukdenia rossii ‘Karasuba’, Zones 4-8)
- ‘Limelight’ panicle hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’, Zones 3-9)
Carol’s Picks: Vegetation You Can’t Kill
- Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata, Zones 3-9)
- Black Lace® elderberry (Sambucus nigra ‘Eva’, Zones 4-7)
- American cranberrybush viburnum (Viburnum trilobum, Zones 2-7)
- ‘Shenandoah’ switchgrass (Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’, Zones 5-9)
Knowledgeable Visitor Kielian DeWitt’s Picks: Vegetation You Can’t Kill
- ‘Candy Emotion’ abelia (Abelia mosanensis, Zones 4-8)
- Golden oregano (Origanum vulgare ‘Aureum’, Zones 4-9)
- Purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea, Zones 4-9)
- Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum, Zones 3-8)
- ‘Pink Lemonade’ baptisia (Baptisia ‘Pink Lemonade’, Zones 4-9)
