Have you considered stolonifera as well? It's lovely and blooms a long time. I got one plant from forestfarm and divided it into many pieces - it spreads underground rapidly.

daylillies range from the short hybrids with 'fans'( the leaves) only a foot or so tall, to the local 'ditch' lilly, which can have 40" fan in full sun, and the flowers are right in my face in the summer (I'm 5'7") the ditch lilies have the advantage of being cheap or free- and they spread freely in anything short of drought conditions. but they are the tallest. the forsythia is a full shrub, can get 8' square without thinking about it, or can be pruned to shape. they can also be propagated by 'stapling' a branch to the ground, and letting it root. in a full sun condition, there are a few other choices- spiderwort spreads like hateful gossip in the sun, forms dense clumps, and I'm in love with the deep violet-blue flowers...and if you planted it now, you could dig the clump up in september, divide it, spread it out, and have six or either clumps by next spring ( if you're in Bucks Co close, I can provide them for a fraction of what the nursery will want for them) gout weed (I prefer the name 'false lamium' which sounds a little less painful) is another damned aggressive monster that's impossible to kill, and isn't unattractive- green and white striped foliage, spreads by seeds, runners, and roots, not too tall (the stems fall over when they get about 14" tall, and tend to root where they touch the ground) groundcover roses is a lovely, but pricey option. Rocks, since you're a local, can be a good option to interplant with the plants. the upright sedums are also a viable choice for a slope around here- mine came from a single leaf I plucked from a roadside planting, it was a cauliflower-sized clump that fall, and it roots REALLY fast- you can break a 'branch' off and it will root in the dirt in a week with no trouble at all.

Thanks for your reply. We are leaving for vacation on Wednesday; and I'm not sure I can get this task accomplished before we leave. A church friend called me yesterday offering me some Garden phlox and she is bringing them to church today and I will have to plant them this afternoon. She was wrapping them in a plastic bag and I'll go to her car after church is over and get them from her. Last Fall she divided hers and gave me two plants and they did beautiful this year. I'm not being picky over color because I am so delighted and thankful for her generosity and sharing. The one she gave me last year is a light lavender color. When we get back from vacation, I plan on having her come for lunch. Maybe I should just wait to divide those creeping phlox in early Spring or do you think in another few weeks will be the wrong time to do it? I don't want to lose the only emerald blue/purple one I have. Won't need any pink ones in 2011 unless the ones I planted this year don't make it through the winter, so I will only buy the blue/purple when they become available in the early spring at the garden centers. In 2005, we downsized and moved into a gated, Sr. Citizens community where there is limited flowerbed space. All of the lawn maintence and upkeep is done for us. Not the way we would have done it but hey, age has its advantages and drawbacks. I am starting to feel my flowerbeds are getting established. I tried wintersowing for the first time this past January and I plan to do it again in 2011 but more on a limited basis because of lack of room.

I have three creeping phlox two in front of my house and one out back ..it’s totally dried Out like hay and it hurts to touch very prickly . We didn’t get a lot of rain last three weeks everyones lawns were yellowing. in Maine .