Back to Info Sheets	Newfoundland's Tried and True  Newfoundland's thin, acid soil base and winds, freeze / thaw cycles and wet seasons are a challenge to gardening.  Many plants have proven themselves over the centuries as adaptable and  hardy to our climate.  Here is a sampler of our Newfoundland "Tried and Trues".   Rock Garden Perennials:  Rockcress (Arabis)  Snow in Summer (Cerastium tomentosum) Pinks (Dianthus deltoides) Sweet woodruff  (Galium odorata) Creeping phlox (Phlox subulata) Mossy saxifrage (Saxifraga x arendsii) Creeping stonecrop (Sedum acre) Hens and chicks (Sempervivum)    Border Perennials: Monkshood (Aconitum napellus) Boy's Love (Artemesia abrotanum) Columbines (Aquilegia sp.) Harebells (Campanula carpatica) Cornflower (Centaurea dealbata) Blue Knapweed (Centaurea montana)  Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria sp.) Delphiniums (Delphinium sp.) Bleeding heart (Dicentra spectablis)  Foxglove (Digitalis excelsior)  Spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias)  Queen of the meadow (Filipendula ulmaria)  Goldenrod (Gentiana lactiflora) Geum (Geum ‘Mrs. Bradshaw')  Daylilies (Hemerocallis sp.) Sweet rocket (Hesperis matronalis) Hosta (Hosta sp.) Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens) Lilies (Lilium sp.) Lupines (Lupine sp.) Oriental Poppy (Papaver orientalis) Peony (Peony sp.) Ribbon grass (Phalaris arundinacea ver. Picta )  Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata) Primrose (Primula sp.) Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis)  Upright Sedum (Sedum spectabile) Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) Golden Ball (Trollius europaeus) Speedwell (Veronica spicata) Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)   Shrubs: February Daphne (Daphne mezereum) Mockorange  (Philadelphus virginalis) Single pink hardy rose (Rugosa rose) Other old heritage  roses Golden elder (Sambucus canadensis) Spirea (Spirea ‘Anthony Waterer') Common white lilac (Syringa)     Clematis (Clematis jackmanii)     Annuals:  Forget- me- not Four o'clocks Lavender  Nasturtiums Pansy and Violets  Sweet Alyssum  Stocks Wallflowers    Bulbs: Narcissus Grape Hyacinths   Trees: Laburnum alpinum Populus tremuloides Sorbus americana   vol 99 no 72
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