I'm in Virginia - zone 6 b. The problem with all these pretty plants is the deer - I don't know about coleus, but hosta and hydrangea are risky. All the new subdivisions have destroyed their habitat and the animals are starving. They come right up to the house at night and eat most anything...
Thank you both! I love shade gardens. I've had shade everyplace I've ever lived, but never shade like this - so much heat and relected light, but such bad "soil" and no trees. I have a front garden in the city full of hosta, fern, and pachysandra - the coralbells etc all got crowded out but...
Hello, I'm brand new to gardening so will need a lot of advice - meanwhile, pls forgive my floundering! We just moved from the city to Va farmland. Lots of heat, humidity, and hard red clay. The first thing I need to deal with is planting by my front door. The patch is on the north side of...