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Capernius on May 19, 2015without knowing your budget(and I'm not asking), the first thing I thought of when I saw the picture, was a rock garden with a fountain or waterfall & small pond... the rock garden will keep it low maintenance & the fountain or water fall with a small pond will take the view away from the hill & more on what is on or in the hill...Helpful Reply
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Jan on May 19, 2015a huge boulder with some ground cover around itHelpful Reply
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Pam on May 19, 2015Definitely ground cover if you want low maintenance.Helpful Reply
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Pam on May 19, 2015What planting zone are you in? And is the area full sun?Helpful Reply
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Vikki on May 19, 2015Zone 5 , part sun in the morningHelpful Reply
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Capernius on May 19, 2015maybe a moss? or a low growing ground cover.... without spending major money (which all too few of us have), i don't know what else to tell you Ma'am...Helpful Reply
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Capernius on May 19, 2015after doing some research, here are some idea you may wish to look into. I hope this helps... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/help-for-the-home-gardener/lawn-landscape-garden-design/landscape.aspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.bhg.com/gardening/flowers/perennials/best-plants-to-grow-in-clay/#page=1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://homeguides.sfgate.com/plants-grow-through-gravel-48925.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Helpful Reply
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Patty S on May 20, 2015There are hundreds of Hosta varieties that would be so easy to grow. They cover quickly and collecting the different colors and sizes is intoxicating. You can go on Ebay and buy many different ones. They will grow just about anywhere. It sounds like this a mostly shady spot, which they love.Helpful Reply
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Marion Nesbitt on May 20, 2015Love it! You already have the basis for what can be a terrific terraced bed. People pay big bucks for what you have. I'd just dig in and level a couple of long slate pieces to act as steps between the levels. Then I'd introduce a variety of shapes - spiky iris, and other semi-shade tolerant plants. Think peonies might be OK, Have a small mum-shaped border plant that likes shade but adapts to all light conditions. I wouldn't worry about ground cover. A spring bulb called Tarda grows fairly low for some Spring colour, etc. I'd also salvage all the little bits of slate/shale and use it around some of the plants. .Helpful Reply
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Marion Nesbitt on May 20, 2015You can always dig out the spots where you want to plant and replace with good soil. Think most bulbs like Tarda grow in rocky, poor soil originally so they should do OK. A friend has similar but steeper. We dug rocks into the slope in places, and put good soil in crannies and planted. We also set in long, flat pieces for steps for access. Looks terrific.Helpful Reply
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Sybille Zwipp on May 21, 2015Diese Frage zu beantworten ...Versuchen sie doch Farne, sie lieben schattige stellen, und es gibt verschiedene SortenHelpful Reply
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