Pacific Northwest Gardening: Will anything grow in rain, shade and clay?, 4 by Pistil

Pistil wrote:
here are some recent pictures. I plan a better photo essay on the Pine Tree Garden soon.

#1 Geum 'Eos' gets crispy late in summer but comes back like this every year.
#2 on left is Choisya 'Sundance' sooooo easy, nice and bright, always perfect
on right is Paeonia lutea growing fast, 2 flower buds now! I saw this growing in a forest in Edmonds, and it blooms too. Who would have predicted this?
in between hosta, Aruncus, ferns
#3 Iris 'Abbeys Violet' spreading and blooming under the Pine tree!
#4 Encrusted saxifrage! Who would have thought! I think the Pine intercepts a lot of the misty rain so it thinks it is in a drier climate.
#5 Under Pine- G. phaeum "Lily Lovell' and Angelina sedum Lily is blooming but you can't see it because blooms are small and dark.