Pacific Northwest Gardening: My garden under a big pine, 2 by Pistil

Pistil wrote:
Update on the Dry Shade Garden in a REALLY HOT and DRY summer (photos from today)

Neglected late last summer due to home repairs, could not water my garden.

Dryopteris tokyoensis (Tokyo Wood Fern)-DIED, replaced with Lady Ferns Atherium felix-femina

Tellima grandiflora 'Forest Flame' Doing OK, they almost all survived, I have one volunteer across the driveway.

Iris foetidissima var. lutea- touble establishing, lost many, but a few made it. I sprouted some from seeds (2 year process) and planted them, plus another purchased. No blooms yet. This year they look established.

Hosta 'Great Expectations' pretty much dead now.

Iris cristata 'Abbey's Violet' spreading! blooms!

Epimedium pinnatum ssp colchicum this is the best groundcover for under the PIne-needles drop through foliage. Tough as nails.

Hemerocallis fulva 'Flore pleno' Doing fine, blooms off and on all summer.

Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride' Always looks kinda disheveled, survives.

Geranium phaeum 'Samobor' Eaten by powdery mildew this spring, I doubt any will survive. The blooms were hard to see, but the bees liked them.

Geranium phaeum 'Lily Lovell' prettier, sturdier than 'Samobor' but struggling, I will probably transplant elsewhere.

Polypodium scouleri- not tough enough, drying up in our beastly hot summer.

Digitalis lutea- I really like it, I planted more. Lights up the dim spot, always looks nice.

Digitalis trojana-died

Hellebore Winter Jewels strain, 'Golden Sunrise'-lovely, tough. I really like it.

Alstroemeria 'The Third Harmonic'. Surviving, not thriving, repeat blooms. I really like it, if it dies I will buy another and put it in a better spot!

Intermediate Bearded Iris 'Midsummer Nights Dream-thriving in the sunniest spot there, bloomed July, but blooms are too dark, not very noticeable there.

Bergenia 'Winterglow' added 2014- doing OK, no blooms yet.

Erythronium 'Kondo' is doing fine, it goes dormant in summer.

Angelina sedum was already there, likes to spread , could be a thug but it always looks good and I can just rip it up.

I planted some little sedges this spring, and a Euonymus fortunei 'Kewensis' a tiny little one inch tall groundcover, so far so good.