Me too! I have an L shaped front yard part of which gets sun all day. Rosemary is fast growing and hard to kill. I neglect it often but it thrives in hot/dry, tolerates rainy/cold and puts out beautiful purple flowers in fall and remains green year around. Lavender and sage are similar. Crepe myrtle works well in cold/rain/heat. A eucalyptus kept under control is a nice addition. That's my usual for the perennial hot and cold. The long part of the L gets partial sun, and foxglove, lupine are striking and return year after year. Roses love the heat and the variety is amazing. I have a bee bush I put in this year that takes partial sun/full sun. I'll see how this goes... I have replaced my over neglected rosemary and put in refreshed lavender and added two rose bushes. I couldn't find foxglove or lupine this time of year so am planting speedwell. Blac eyed Susan come around august, purple coneflower around late June and daisies early in spring. Because they self seed they need to be divided periodically but they add to the beds. I am putting in woolly thyme for border accents and we'll see how this goes. The long part of the L looks run down in the winter and I may put some rosemary in that area as well. Lots of reseeding crocuses pop up in spring but not a lot of color over the winter that can handle a lot of pooling rain (bane of my existence). Buckwheat is great for amending soil and flowers, bees like it but dig it in before it goes to seed then plant another crop of it and repeat. Snap peas flower and potatoes which can be a pleasant change. Summer squash is nice for big showy yellow flowers early and stay green until end of season. I'm still rotating and trying new stuff to spice up my cottage garden :) these are the usual but seem to work well with the weather. Oh also oregano stays green and greet to throw in if you don't want decorative grasses. And great with spaghetti :)
Me too! I have an L shaped front yard part of which gets sun all day. Rosemary is fast growing and hard to kill. I neglect it often but it thrives in hot/dry, tolerates rainy/cold and puts out beautiful purple flowers in fall and remains green year around. Lavender and sage are similar. Crepe myrtle works well in cold/rain/heat. A eucalyptus kept under control is a nice addition. That's my usual for the perennial hot and cold. The long part of the L gets partial sun, and foxglove, lupine are striking and return year after year. Roses love the heat and the variety is amazing. I have a bee bush I put in this year that takes partial sun/full sun. I'll see how this goes... I have replaced my over neglected rosemary and put in refreshed lavender and added two rose bushes. I couldn't find foxglove or lupine this time of year so am planting speedwell. Blac eyed Susan come around august, purple coneflower around late June and daisies early in spring. Because they self seed they need to be divided periodically but they add to the beds. I am putting in woolly thyme for border accents and we'll see how this goes. The long part of the L looks run down in the winter and I may put some rosemary in that area as well. Lots of reseeding crocuses pop up in spring but not a lot of color over the winter that can handle a lot of pooling rain (bane of my existence). Buckwheat is great for amending soil and flowers, bees like it but dig it in before it goes to seed then plant another crop of it and repeat. Snap peas flower and potatoes which can be a pleasant change. Summer squash is nice for big showy yellow flowers early and stay green until end of season. I'm still rotating and trying new stuff to spice up my cottage garden :) these are the usual but seem to work well with the weather. Oh also oregano stays green and greet to throw in if you don't want decorative grasses. And great with spaghetti :)