Sun does not reach the lower-hangar bed until 2 p.m., making it a part-sun garden. Since the soil was built up when the hangar was built, the soil has a clay content which means the soil does not dry out as fast as the rest of the garden.

	Short-lived Coreopsis x 'Tequila Sunrise' (Tickseed) has yellow variegation in its leaves to echo the bright flower, here growing with Spiderwort.		Pinckneya bracteata (Fever Tree) is a small tree, native to the Southeast. What looks like flowers are actually bracts, reminiscent of poinsettias.
	Lobelia'Shrimp Salad' was short-lived in the garden but blended beautifully with the species Lobelia cardinalis.		Monarda didyma does spread like crazy and can get ugly powdery mildew. However when it's happy, what a spectacular plant!
	Hedychium 'Elizabeth' is a 7' tall Ginger Lily blooming in late fall. Here it marries beautifully with the orange plumes of Miscanthus 'Gracillimus'.		Pink flowering Angel's Trumpet at the hangar. Mulch heavily and Brugmansia will make it through our normal winters.
	Brugmansia aurea (Yellow Angel's Trumpet) is a tropical with 10" fragrant flowers.		Tropical Tibochina grandifolia makes a huge candelabra of purple blossoms before spending the winter in my garage.
	Since it is not hardy, I replant Salvia splendens 'Van Houttei' in the spring. It is at its best in late summer and fall.		There is much moisture underneath my potting bench. Impatiens and Ostrich Fern love it here.
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Rose Arbor Bed		Hangar Bed West