Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Gardens in the land of rain, Shakespeare, and Happy Potter, 1 by donnerville

donnerville wrote:
Exactly, CAM, with regard to rain. As a gardener, I don't mind it at all. The "woodland" part of my garden is all but dried up now. The ferns are all brown :-(. I hope they are only dormant :o(.

In England, plants seem to stay blooming a lot longer. I even saw Jacob's Ladder and Geum still in bloom. These 2 plants bloom in my garden only in early summer.

Terri, I saw a perfect plant for your pond :o). It is the Gunnera manicata (photo below). This enormous plant needs a lot of water. I have only seen it planted near water or in soggy woodland.