Central Midwest Gardening: June 2013 - Starting out wet and cool; ending?, 3 by shortleaf

shortleaf wrote:
Herre's my 6 footish black Hollyhock all twined up. I know it looks terrible but I'd be ill if it broke in the wind! -
That's the flowers closer up, I marvel at the blackness! - Just some more plants, mostly shade plants, I been collecting over the years, some of those don't have a home here yet.
There's my ditchlily putting on a show! -
I'd like to find somewhere, like a riverbank, where I can get shale free, I'd like some black shale.