Plants That Work &

Don’t Workwith Joe McNally

Zonal-denial!

What do you have?

Sun

Soil/Drainage

Zone/Exposure

Drainage problems can sometimes be solved by building a berm and lifting the roots above the excess moisture. Do Not build Mt. Fruiticus, the volcano is not the answer unless your tree is, well, a sacrifice.

Right Plant Right Place

Landscape “Lifestyle”

Native Plant Selections

Purple Coneflower Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) (Echinacea pallida)

Eastern Beebalm Butterfly Milkweed (Monarda fistulosa) (Asclepias tuberosa)

Drought Tolerant Perennials

Veronica ‘Giles van Hees’Bee Balm ‘Jacob Cline’

Sea Holly ‘Jade Frost’ Coreopsis ‘Mercury Rising’

Hydrangea Endless Summer ‘Twist & Shout’

Oakleaf HydrangeaHydrangea quercifolia

Oakleaf Hydrangea ‘Sike’s Dwarf’

Spirea ‘Ogon’

Weigela ‘My Monet’

Ninebark ‘Lady in Red’

‘Amber Jubilee’ ‘Center Glow’

‘Candy Lights’

‘Golden Lights’

‘Lemon Lights’

Azalea Northern Lights Series

‘PJM’

‘PJM Compacta’

Rhododendron

Seven-Sons FlowerHeptacodium miconoides

Ginkgo biloba

‘Todd’s Broom’ ‘Fastigiata’

Ginkgo ‘Jade Butterfly’Ginkgo biloba

Kentucky Coffee Tree

‘Espresso’ ‘Stately Manor’

Picea omorika ‘Bruns Pendula’

‘Aurea’ ‘Blue Sky’

Taxodium distichum ‘Shawnee Brave’

‘Peve Minaret’

Plants That Don’t Work Not Hardy

Don’t have their needs met, they can be needy

WRONG PLANT/ WRONG PLACE/ WRONG SPACE

Live a good “Landscape Lifestyle”

Have FUN! And get your hands dirty!