Pacific Northwest Gardening: Hit and Run Vent! GRR, 1 by mauryhillfarm

mauryhillfarm wrote:
Those are all great ideas. I have hardpan clay also, which is definitely a challenge. I have only 2 more possibilities to add. Physocarpus (ninebark) is a native plant, and there are a few more ornamental varieties with different colors of leaf. I have Coppertina, which has reddish leaves and pink flowers. There are also one with darker leaves and one with more of a chartreuse leaf I think.
If you want to consider a small evergreen there or in another location, I have a Thuja "yellow ribbon" that is supposed to get about 10 feet tall. it has survived the worst soil location, where it is very hard clay that gets soggy in the winter, with occasional standing water if there is considerable rain.
Not a fabulous picture below, but it has the Coppertina to the right.