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2026-01-14 18:25 UTC
@BrambleBearWhuffling@sunny.garden I have a number of rock garden beds, and they have some of the very earliest flowers in spring- almost as soon as the snow is gone, and well ahead of the vast majority of native plants here. Many of my earliest bee sightings are in those beds, and there are some small species I think might actually live in there. It's also true at the other end of the season- some things keep flowering until *deep* frost (a few degrees of freezing does not bother alpines spring or fall) .
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@BrambleBearWhuffling@sunny.garden 2026-01-14 18:55
@cohanf@mastodon.online Cool!! That is what I hope will happen. Tricky bit is winter sun hits it until oaks across street leaf out in May, so from then on will be part to mostly shaded. So I am looking for plants that will do their whole thing by then, ephemerals, or will tolerate the shade. If I remember right, some sun peaks through in places for short bits of time. I am also wondering if I might get away with packing some good soil in spots to grow very early leaf lettuce, spinach, cilantro, knowing it will need more water than rock wall plants do, and won't last past May. I do want to add some trailing flowers and greenery too, though, just for beauty, and pollinators.