I'm back and we begin plotting for the spring!

Good morning Yall...winter hits HotLanta at 6:45 today that's when we get out "first" Artic blast. While I love Yankees (my husband is one) I wish they would keep their weather to themselves. I'm looking through the catalogs studying what new additions will go into my garden next spring. I have a list for those of you in Zone 7 to 8 ( you luck zone 8 people!)Now use my list to look these up and double check to see if they might be used in your yard! Ok list one: Oak leaf hydrangea-great looking back drop for other flowers can survive a little shade! White flowers look fantastic against green hedge that's a little boring. Several varieties. Brunnera (jackfrost-Brunnera is a companion to mainstays of the shade garden such as Hostas, Ferns, Pulmonarias, and Hellebores Solomon's seal- arching stems with dangling pairs or clusters of cream flowers in late spring. Rhizomes are drought tolerant and colonize well. It may reach 5 feet tall. Foxglove...I found some at a farmer's market! They were on sale because winter was coming! Since they are a perennials so they come back! If they survive I'll post pictures! Remember the spider lilies I found in a clump and had no idea what they were? They have tripled! and are trying to grow in my neighbors yard!