Season 2: lessons learned

Overall:

• Right rear area gets a lot of shade, not good for Daylilies or Irises
• Gardening design decision: no white, yellow, scarlet or orange-red
• Hand watering only gets harder the more plants you have
• I have a mosquito issue, no idea why

Exciting new finds:

• Did I mention Bearded Iris?
• Bamboo Muhly - big, fluffy, easy
• Agastache - they smell like candy AND they're drought tolerant! What could be better?
• Knockout Roses - cheating but awesome
• Antique roses - just awesome. Why was I afraid of gardening with roses?
• California Poppies - cheerful and beautiful
• Artemesia - totally underestimated plant

Got the boot:

• Butterfly Bush - not sure why, just didn't grab me
• Russian Sage - too sparse
• Leyland Cypress - planted 5 in the Spring, lost all but one by Fall. I kept the one that lived just for a experiment.
• Mexican Mint Marigold - yellow blooms (see above)