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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As long as you have good sun: day lilies, peonies, viburnum, sweet pepperbush, buttonbush, butterfly weed,ornamental grasses, yarrows, Black-eyed Susans, dwarf chaste tree. And though it may be an unpopular opinion, I have a few non-invasive butterfly bushes. 
For part shade: astilbe, native columbine, Cardinal flowers, heuchera.[/quote]

Thank you! I’m completely new to gardening, so that is a great list to start with. I have lots and lots of clay, which I’m told is typical for this area. Do you do anything special to combat this, or just the usual amendment during initial planting? [/quote]

NP. I recommend amending the entire bed and not individual planting holes. Then keep mulching with either leafgro or pine fines, and your soil will improve with time.[/quote]

This is probably a very stupid question, but... my beds are already full. If I want to remove some of the clay and mix in good compost, what do I do with the extra? If I just dig and add compost, the beds will come out over the top of the bed edges.[/quote]

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