Name: Jeanie Minnesota (Zone 4a) Replace your lawn with a garden!
I can't pass up the opportunity to put in a plug for cranesbills. I have several varieties and find them to be the single most useful plant in my gardens. They will grow virtually anywhere, even in dry shade on a hillside under large shrubs. Many varieties have fragrant foliage. They are a wonderful ground cover. Some varieties like like Rozanne, Tiny Monster, and Pink Penny will weave up through other plants. They look great with hostas, coral bells, and under hydrangeas. I got many of mine from a friend who handed me a black garbage bag full of dead looking brown rhizome type roots. Lo and behold, I stuck them in the soil and now have a hillside full of lovely bigroot geraniums.
