I’m new to this!! Would love either a grass alternative or some landscaping ideas to make this a pollinator friendly lawn that’s relatively low maintenance! This area gets almost no sunlight. Zone 6.
Wild ginger (toxic for pets so don’t do if you have pets and this is their hangout spot), perennial wild geranium (extensive bloom period, one of my favorites), Columbine, spurge (another favorite! Yellow flowers in summer, bright red foliage in fall).
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Virginia water leaf, wood sage, zig zag goldenrod and Blu stem goldenrod, native ferns, spikenard, prairie heart leaf
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Here’s an article that may be helpful for you:
https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/shady_lawn_alternatives
You may also want to do a soil test:
https://www.canr.msu.edu/kent/kent_office_services
Your local master gardener group will be super helpful.
In fact, in Grand Rapids it looks like you can submit questions to them directly for free:
https://www.canr.msu.edu/outreach/ask-an-expert
Wild ginger (toxic for pets so don’t do if you have pets and this is their hangout spot), perennial wild geranium (extensive bloom period, one of my favorites), Columbine, spurge (another favorite! Yellow flowers in summer, bright red foliage in fall).
Virginia water leaf, wood sage, zig zag goldenrod and Blu stem goldenrod, native ferns, spikenard, prairie heart leaf