A client contacted me last year to design a permaculture garden for her. A sector analysis showed that she had a lot of sunny spots that were just grass and a lot of rain runoff converging on her driveway in a problematic fashion. However, she wanted me to focus instead on designing a flower garden for the shaded southern end of the property, just north of the neighbor's row of arbor vitae. She specifically asked for plants that would be low-maintenance, that could just be chopped to the ground in winter and would need no other care.
I came up with the following proposal for four rows arranged by heights, with the bloom colors represented by font colors.
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She approved the plan, but I was not able to start planting until spring, which meant some seeds that needed to be overwintered would have to wait until fall. Once the foliage started to come up, it became clear that she had a lot of flowers planted in the spot already! She asked instead for my help identifying them.
