Ever since this forum opened, I've been thinking about what I could do with the bare spot on the slope that takes up half of my back yard.
When I read
@growitall 's comment on Bellflowers Database: Castle Crag's Bellflower (Campanula shetleri) and that it was a native of Trinity County, I started thinkin' again. When I read "Can be challenging to grow, particularly in areas of winter wet.", I wrote to Lori to find out what she considers a "wet winter". We get anywhere from 25 to 50 inches of rain during the winter months with no rain during the summer months.
I am guessing this plant is found at the higher elevations in the Trinity Alps and is generally covered with snow during the winter months. Since I live at a lower elevation, I get more rain than snow.
However, that bare spot on my slope certainly meets the lean soil test. It is rock with a dusting of soil over it. Since it is at the top of my property, I have to haul all materials up from the street level to the top of the slope and then haul them down to the area I want to work.
I am totally a novice gardener in all things except roses and would love some suggestions about how I might make this part of the slope more interesting.
I can tell you now, hauling any kind of soil and actually building beds, is probably something that won't happen. I've been hauling stuff from the street level to the house pad level for almost 10 years, and still have more work to do on that level.
I am looking for plants that can adapt to the slope with little work from me.
Here are a few photos of the slope:
Smiles,
Lyn
