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Apr 10, 2022 12:32 PM CST
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Name: Sully
central Kansas (Zone 6a)
What trees and shrubs grow well in clay soil in zone 6?
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Apr 10, 2022 9:20 PM CST
Name: Kathy
Arkansas (Zone 8b)
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I would visit your local extension office, either online or in person. They will know what works (& doesn't) for your area. I actually made a long post on my blog here listing the links of extension offices by state. I believe if you click on my name & go to my profile page, you can scroll down to it mentions my blog. Click on that. Go to the "Garden Journal" post & scroll down to your state.
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Apr 11, 2022 8:10 AM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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Extension is a great resource. You may also need to think about more aspects like how big does a certain item grow... look around your neighborhood and note things that look good, what they are and how big.. or how much they have been cut back to control them.
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Apr 11, 2022 8:25 AM CST
Name: Johannian
The Black Hills, SD (Zone 4b)
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Here is Kathy's post, Sully (scroll down to Kansas):
https://garden.org/blogs/entry...
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Apr 11, 2022 8:48 AM CST
Name: Kathy
Arkansas (Zone 8b)
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Johannian said: Here is Kathy's post, Sully (scroll down to Kansas):
https://garden.org/blogs/entry...


Thanks! You made it so much easier than I did! D'Oh! Grin
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Apr 11, 2022 8:51 AM CST
Name: Johannian
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Apr 11, 2022 10:29 AM CST
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Name: Sully
central Kansas (Zone 6a)
Thank you everyone. Your help is greatly appreciated.
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Apr 11, 2022 11:00 AM CST
Name: Lynda Horn
Arkansas (Zone 7b)
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Hello, Sully, I noticed that at the bottom of your post you had the words grow native. There are a lot of native plants that do well in clay, two that I can think of right away are butterfly weed and echinacea.
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Apr 11, 2022 11:12 AM CST
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Name: Sully
central Kansas (Zone 6a)
I have alot of butterfly weed, and echinacea. I now would like a few trees, and shrubs/bushes. I have a 3 acre area for pollinators.
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Apr 11, 2022 11:17 AM CST
Name: Lynda Horn
Arkansas (Zone 7b)
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That's wonderful! I wish I had the space. How about button brush and sweet spire? Joe pye weed gets big, too. We have button rush in one of our Master Gardener projects and the butterflies are all ver it in the summer. There's also strawberry bush, which can get fairly big.
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