I had several Leadplants, most disappeared even with watching, weeding around them and mulching. I was down to two, and one of those just got mowed down. Even with my neon orange flag next to it. :(
The area gets sun except maybe a couple of hours. I would like a shrubby type plant that grows faster than Leadplant, or False Fragrant Indigo. Or a bushy forb. I do not want something that will get overly large since there is a side walk next to it, but maybe large enough to hide the compost ball. ?? I really want a native rose, but can these grow into a bush-like plant. The ones along the road are straggly.
The next quandary is a spot along the south side of the house. The thing of that is the phone line is near there somewhere, so I cannot have anything with massive roots. I'd really like a perennial, if possible, but to stay away from non-native. This spot is where I used to have the dill. Some may still pop up, but now that I have plenty of Golden Alexanders, I'll likely yank them. Prior to that were Daffodil bulbs, but a critter must've eaten them since no more come up. My husband doesn't want that spot to become a "tick zone" in the spring because it is where the hose is, so I cannot let it overgrow a lot.
I may resort to Partridge Pea. This is an annual, so likely not large roots. I thought about Blazingstar of some type, but my experience is they get tall, but I think they have corms (like bulbs), so maybe they won't be a problem underground??
I tried calling Prairie Moon asking them about these things, but they were not very helpful. The fellow mentioned the Plant Finder, but I had already gone through that.
Maybe some of you have experience with plants that may fit my situations. Thank you for any advice.
Oh, I am hopefully getting a Buttonbush, but that gets bigger than I want by the sidewalk. I will put that elsewhere in the yard.
