I did a survey and found out that this slope is mine to care for. It's pretty shady, and a fairly steep slope, so I need some shady plants that are good on slopes. I'm thinking elderberry at the top (to help create some privacy) , and I have woodland strawberries, wood poppies, ostrich ferns that I can propogate.
Currently there are a bunch of Norway maples I want to get rid of, and some elm, yew, birch, and lindon that I'm happy to keep. I've got pink trail ribbon on the Norway maples – three near the bottom, a smaller one up a ways, and another big one right up at the top.
I'd love to get a sugar maple in, but I'm not sure there's enough sunlight. I don't cross the creek too often, so low maintenance is best. I do see this slope a lot, though, so I'd love for it to be overflowing with life.
Any tips? I have some time to plan for next year.
Southern Ontario, zone 6b
by macpeters
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Sugar maples are somewhat shade tolerant. Looks like a good place for native rhodies/azaleas too like rhod. prinophyllum and r. Groenlandicum
try spicebush too! great native that loves those conditions
[This is a spot made for live stakes](https://extension.psu.edu/live-staking-for-stream-restoration). Elderberry is a great choice along with the shrub dogwoods, willow, and Viburnum dentum.