| Hi! The front of my house is just as you describe. It also receives the wrath of the north wind. What's worked for me for years in front are the perennials euphorbia, ladies mantle, harebells(just kidding), daylilies, heather if winter protected, Dutchmans Pipe, geranium Johnson's Blue, coreopsis, iberis, delphinium, iris, sedum 'Autumn Joy". What I've killed there include lavender(it hung on for years), daisies, roses of several kinds, and a hydrangea. I have a peegee hydrangea doing well there now, as well as lilac and arborvitae. My peonies bloom every year but they are reluctant, and whine that they want to be somewhere else. I stuff the bed with annuals every year. Nicotiana, snapdragon, zinnia, allysum, mariglod, pansies, violas, petunias in pots have all done well. |