Hello, all!
I have a somewhat soggy but very sunny southern exposure that my husband doesn't feel like mowing. What would do well there? And I mean, flowers, bushes, trees, whatever, just something to plant.

Also, I have rose bushes to plant, and I want to plant lilacs. Where would they thrive?

Thanks!

soggy hummm. how about a pond with fish or mabe a water garden

http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/gardenplants.html

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-646.html

These two might be a good start.

You might also want to check at the nursery for native area plants that love wet soil.

If you want you can make a raised bed in the area that means hauling in more dirt, berming it up to where it is in regular hills. This works particularly well for vegetable gardens. In this case you would want to refrain from tubers and root crops (Potatoes, carrots, onion, etc) that would tend to go below the raised bed.

David

Okay, so it turns out since my husband got a riding lawnmower, he doesn't much mind mowing the area, and we dug out about a foot from the house all along the southern side, put down mulch and transplanted some sedum. The sedum seem to be doing well, but we'd like to fill in the spaces in between.
The actually area where we'd plant is not actually soggy, but it gets full sun pretty much all day long.

So my actual question is this: what perennials (or annuals) would grow well under these fairly dry full-sun conditions -other than sedum?

Thanks!!

Elexina, there is a plethora of options you can choose from. I live in a VERY dry area where it is also incredibly hot. To solve the situation of little water, I've xeriscaped my front yard. Even the grass I planted is drought tolerant. My suggestion to you is to try High Country Gardens. They are a fabulous nursery located in Santa Fe. I recently had the chance to drive down and visit their facility and it is breath taking. I could work there and be in heaven. Probably wouldn't have any money though!!!

Our terrains are quite different, as it sounds like you get much more moisture than I. Even so, I've listed a few of my favorite plants. Hope this helps!

Gaura
Butterfly Bushes
Echinacea
Chocolate Flower <--[Incredible. It really does smell like chocolate!)
Columbine
Gaillardia - Blanket Flower

I could keep going as I have hundreds on flowers in my yard, but I'll stop there!

Awesome, thank you!!! Yeah, we do get rain, and I can water the stuff, but there's just never any shade over there so I don't want to plant something that's just going to fry. Thanks!

So, I've decided to go with sedum, lavender, day lilies, daffodils, sunflowers, and violets. And maybe some crocuses and forget-me-nots. We'll see how that works out!