Mid-Atlantic Gardening: What plant can't you do without?, 0 by Lastelf

Lastelf wrote:
We all have our garden favorites, but what is the most critical to you, and why?

I'd love to know. I'd love to have a garden filled with the best of the best.

Tell us what you have to have, why, and how well it grows in the mid-Atlantic.

I love my rose of sharon. They get HUGE double purple blossoms. They form two of the exterior borders of my maze. They bloom forever. The only problem is the Japanese beetles. I have to spray at least twice to keep them at bay.