Shelton-Mason County Journal - Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886

The real estate saw that a property's value is in three things: "location, location, location" applies even more to woodland perennials. Perennials won't perennialize if they aren't in the right conditions.

Sometimes these circumstances involve intangibles that prevent establishment. Intangible blockades are fewer if you're planting native perennials, which take advantage of existing relationships with regional insects, fungi and pollinators.

A settled native perennial can signpost the prospects for a foreign perennial. I took a chance on planting ramps because South Sound, like much of th...