I am lucky to have a huge yard with every habitat from dry sunny to swampy shade. I am gradually transforming large beds of English Ivy, Bamboo, and Russian Olive to native plants. Swamp Milkweed Asclepia incarnata or A. tuberosa Bottle Gentian Gentiana andrewsii Red Baneberry Actaea rubra Western skunk cabbage (Lysichitum americana) Nodding Onion or any ornamental onion (Allium cernuum, A. tricoccum, A. stellatum, A. acuminatum) Mayapples Podophylum petatum any Trillium any Arum Jack in the Pulpit any Hellebore Crossvine (Bignonia capriolata any variety) Plumbago (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides) Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale) looking for Moerheim beauty or Coppelia White Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) Jerusalem sage (Phlomis fructicosa) African blue lily Agapanthus campanulatus Native Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempivirens)any variety Gentian sage Salvia patens Wine Poppy Mallow Callirhoe involucrata Pinkroot Petunia (native) Ruellia carolinensis or R. ciliosa, R. humilis Red Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly (Silene virginiata) Meadow Rue Thalictrum aquileiifolium or T. dlavayi, or T. rochebrunianum Barrenwort (Epimedium spp.) any variety Smokebush purple(Cotinus spp.) Fall bearing red raspberries Thornless blackberries Hardy Kiwi Vine Gooseberry Honeyberry (have only seen this in a catalogue, its a variety of Lonicera created by Luther Burbank) Serviceberry seedlings Chokecherry Aronia black or red Pawpaw seedlings Asimina triloba Any summer blooming lillies: turks cap, tree-form Montmorency or edible Cherry seedlings Hawthorne seedlings Ilex verticulata Winterberry any variety Possum haw Any Oregon grape (Mahonia spp)

Hey John, Good to know !!!! I thought it was a winter hardy one.. along with Wonderful.. Well you saved me again!!! I will see if I can buy another Russian from our Local nursery( that is if they have any in the fall). I did go to the farmer's market to pick up a Persimmon for My friend.... who grow a lot of Indian vegetables and Are getting into growing fruits... I get a lot of Tips for indian veggies from them as they have farms in India. They are the ones who provide me the seed for my veggies :-) The farmer's Market guy has a pomegranate, but is not Russian. Not sure what cultivar it is. He does not know either.. I am guessing Wonderful as that is what seems popular.

Karen Hause, have you seen the flowers of this sedum? If so what color are they? We don't have a fully authoritative answer but have some strong leads regarding its identity. We'll write more about this, but the flower color would provide additional clarification. Incidentally, side-by-side comparison makes us more convinced that your blue sedum is S. hispanicum not 'Blue Spruce'. We'll write more about this, too.

Rajapuri is hardy to zone7. But I doubt it. I will try next year leaving one plant outside. pineapple guava is not cold hardy to zone7.