When life gives you waterlogged clay soil, rabbits, and deer, plant Rose Mallow, Cardinal Flower, Blue Lobelia, Obedient plants, Milkweed, Blazing Star, and Joe Pye.
When life gives you waterlogged clay soil, rabbits, and deer, plant Rose Mallow, Cardinal Flower, Blue Lobelia, Obedient plants, Milkweed, Blazing Star, and Joe Pye.
This is so well done! A wet marshy garden area would be a dream to me because I love these kind of plants, but only have a mesic soil where they need extra watering to thrive. Fantastic use of “the right plant in the right place!”
Nikeflies
I love your garden!!!
thesteveyo
I have all but one of those plants growing in my perma-swamp! Hoping my adjacent button bush will take off next year as well. Love all of my summertime pollinator visitors.
Nadiam57
Do you have plans for where the plastic is?
Legal-Aardvark6416
So gorgeous. I can never get cardinal flower to grow back and I love it so much
– from my dry, crispy yard
Ps are those cosmos on the right? I love the softness of them!
quartzion_55
You should toss a little partridge pea (or a nitrogen fixing perennial) in there too to help build the soil quality! As an added benefit it is a pollinator favorite!
run_daffodil
This is beauty!!
Beware: the deer ate all our swamp rose mallow last night. We are GUTTED.
civano
This is so beautiful. I wish I could keep the deer from eating my Joe Pye but they seem to love it in my yard and I rarely actually get to see it bloom.
polly8020
Wow, so nice
beerandgardening
I want to become a butterfly and live in your garden.
Tractor_Goth
Glorious’
Chickwithknives
I think I’d leave out the obedient plant. I planted one and it was a major bully, keep an eye on it.
I’d recommend considering purple prairie clover, blue flag iris, and one or more of the several varieties of Liatris (blazing star).
greenghostburner
Deer ate all my Joe Pye, Cardinal and Lobelia. Wish there were more natives they don’t touch. So far really only having luck with bee balm, mountain mint, milkweed and mist flower. Everything else I put gets devoured
Apprehensive_Trip307
My kind of life🌸
curiousmind111
Great pics.
Is that a Serviceberry?
Aureaux
I literally gasped when I saw this
captain_chickadee
Beautiful! I’ve also had good success with cardinal flower and blue lobelia in gross wet clay soil. This is extremely helpful to know those other plants thrive in those tough conditions! Can I ask what sort of sun this area gets? My spot is pretty shady.
GreenHeronVA
This is really beautiful, you should be very proud ❤️
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This is so well done! A wet marshy garden area would be a dream to me because I love these kind of plants, but only have a mesic soil where they need extra watering to thrive. Fantastic use of “the right plant in the right place!”
I love your garden!!!
I have all but one of those plants growing in my perma-swamp! Hoping my adjacent button bush will take off next year as well. Love all of my summertime pollinator visitors.
Do you have plans for where the plastic is?
So gorgeous. I can never get cardinal flower to grow back and I love it so much
– from my dry, crispy yard
Ps are those cosmos on the right? I love the softness of them!
You should toss a little partridge pea (or a nitrogen fixing perennial) in there too to help build the soil quality! As an added benefit it is a pollinator favorite!
This is beauty!!
Beware: the deer ate all our swamp rose mallow last night. We are GUTTED.
This is so beautiful. I wish I could keep the deer from eating my Joe Pye but they seem to love it in my yard and I rarely actually get to see it bloom.
Wow, so nice
I want to become a butterfly and live in your garden.
Glorious’
I think I’d leave out the obedient plant. I planted one and it was a major bully, keep an eye on it.
I’d recommend considering purple prairie clover, blue flag iris, and one or more of the several varieties of Liatris (blazing star).
Deer ate all my Joe Pye, Cardinal and Lobelia. Wish there were more natives they don’t touch. So far really only having luck with bee balm, mountain mint, milkweed and mist flower. Everything else I put gets devoured
My kind of life🌸
Great pics.
Is that a Serviceberry?
I literally gasped when I saw this
Beautiful! I’ve also had good success with cardinal flower and blue lobelia in gross wet clay soil. This is extremely helpful to know those other plants thrive in those tough conditions! Can I ask what sort of sun this area gets? My spot is pretty shady.
This is really beautiful, you should be very proud ❤️