Frangipani are some of my favourite flowers. My grandparents kept a tree in their yard and my grandmother would pick them to display in the house, so the beautiful scent holds fond memories for me. The red pink variety is so stunning!
I just went out to take a closer look at the one spot in my garden where I have goutweed and I notice that they are limited by dense trees, nettles, Clematis, and the occasional application of a scythe.
I guessing you wouldn't want those, so Hosta?
Just note that I have to meticulously fence my Hosta, or the deer will hunt it to extinction.
Great suggestions - I actually already have clematis growing up some elder trees close by the spot I'm looking to cover. It took three seasons to really start growing so I didn't consider it a viable candidate but maybe I was just unlucky?
Hostas sound perfect for the place I have in mind and deer won't be an issue there - thanks for the suggestion. Do you have any favorites? It seems like there are a ton of variants to choose from!
I'm a patient man but I will admit that if I could I'd kill off all the Clematis on my grounds.
And the clamatis would stop killing my trees and bushes.
Mayby I'm just unlucky, but then again the Clematis had decades to establish itself before I got here.
As for Hosta I'd suggest you choose them for their size. You want them to outgrow the goutweed, but otherwise work well with the space. I'm not sure that the smaller Hostas are tall enough to shade out the goutweed.
As far as I can tell, with the very limited harvests I've had, they all taste more or less the same though.
I had no idea they were edible! Now I'm definitely getting some.
I can totally see the clematis getting out of hand now that it actually started growing. It will be interesting to see what happens next year but so far, it looks great. Is your clematis wild type or cultivar?
Our roses are struggling this year even though the last few years they have been thriving. We live in the Midwest zone 4 and this year is the first one not in a serious drought
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