Have you researched the moisture tolerance of all these plants? For instance, I don’t know of any Penstemon that likes it really wet, though many are fine with ordinary garden moisture and a lot like it fairly dry. You haven’t mentioned the species or cultivar you plan to plant. Several of these are thuggish in garden settings. Monarda/bee balm/bergamot, sensitive fern, and Canada anemone will all spread enthusiastically, overrunning and outcompeting less vigorous plants. Do you have a way to prevent spreading into the neighbor’s yard such as a buried root barrier? I am not sure what you mean by yellow coneflower since there is more than one plant that is given that common name. Do you know the genus and species? Do you want any winter interest in this spot? If so, research shrubs that do well in your area in wet spots. For instance, around here, small cultivars of winterberry holly/Ilex verticillata (need a male as well as female) will have bright red berries through the fall and into winter until eaten by birds, red-twigged dogwood has red winter stems and some have attractive berries or nice fall color, or some of the smaller cultivars of Thuja occidentalis get used in damp spots. Other small shrubs if you want more structure might include smaller cultivars of Itea virginica/sweetspire or Clethra alnifolia/summersweet, both of which have summer flowers and nice fall color and are quite tolerant of a range of moisture, including quite wet.

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utog..I'm inside enjoying your photos..we had a nice rain and my yard is too soaked for strolling..my Blue Mouse Ears have heaved..I was surprised to hear they do that to you too..your climate is milder than mine..I love Lemontini in the cobalt pot..I like lime with blue..I'm going to Google Shooting Star hydrangea..I was thinking it's a macrophylla..which don't work here..I agree that Paradise Glory is glorious..

Yay for the violets, Nancy! And...you still have summer squash? The bugs killed ours long ago. Even the C. Moschata. I am pooped. So tired. We shopped today and I don't have to tell anyone that shopping is very unpleasant right now. However, Dillards allows you to try on clothes and I found a dress. It's not exactly the bohemian/fairy princess dress that I wanted. But it fits nicely and its a forest green color...and it's Robin Hoodish (not really), so I bought it. Paid more than what I wanted to pay, but it's done. DONE! Came home around 3 and sliced, breaded and froze okra. Then figured out how to use my pressure canner as a water bath canner and pickled some okra. On my own. The lids sealed so hopefully we're good. My house is getting to the point that I am very unhappy. I know a clean house isn't the most important thing in the world....but I enjoy a clean home. It just feels nice to me. However, a clean house isn't anywhere in my near future. I am hoping the robot vacuums are cheap this Christmas. That will at least help. We are celebrating Mason's BD tomorrow and that will be fun. It's at a very good restaurant that I haven't been to in a long time. Then grocery shopping and then maybe starting more lettuce seed. In between all of those things is animal care. Lots of animal care. There's always one of them doing something they shouldn't be doing or somewhere they shouldn't be hanging out. One of the fat buff orpingtons has figured out how to get out of the chicken yard. And she isn't swift. She is dumb--beautiful but dumb and wanders over by the dogs. So, I'm constantly leaving whatever task I'm working on to catch her or entice her back to the yard. And everyone is always hungry all the time. The 3 young pullets mingled with the main flock today. It went very well. Having a good rooster helps with that. They're roosting in their own coop, though. It will be a gradual thing as always. Momma Blossom will be tired of her chicks soon and those two chicks will need to move to the pullet coop at that time. Although, at least one of those chicks is a cockerel. Tom may or may not start doing meat birds and these two could be the start of it. They won't be THE meat birds, but they might be the parents of. I've named the one I think is a girl. Her name is Gwendolyn, which is sorta funny because Gwendolyn (actually related to Jennifer/Guinevere.) means white ...and Gwendolyn is a dark cornish. I'm simply rambling now.