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Every garden has gaps that need to be filled from time to time. Whether you are looking for a short-term stand-in while a bed is being reworked or a quick fix after another plant dies, it is nice to have a list of pinch-hitters that can step in and fill space quickly. Listen in as Danielle, Carol, and expert guest Lisa Bauer share some of their favorite choices for gracefully filling the vacancies that are a natural part of a garden\u2019s evolution.

Expert guest: Lisa Bauer is the owner of Chartreuse Garden Design in Seattle.

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Danielle\u2019s Plants

Spider flower/Cleome (Cleome hassleriana and cvs., annual)

Appalachian sedge (Carex appalachica, Zones 3-7)

Creeping petunia (Petunia \xa0spp. and cvs., annual)

Caladium (Caladium \xa0spp. and cvs., Zones 9-11)

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Carol\u2019s Plants

Prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis, Zones 3-9)

Snow on the mountain (Euphorbia marginata, annual)

\u2018Strawberry Fields\u2019 gomphrena (Gomphrena \u2018Strawberry Fields, annual)

\u2018Pink Cotton Candy\u2019 betony (Stachys officinalis \u2018Pink Cotton Candy\u2019, Zones 4-8)

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Expert\u2019s Plants

Black Lace\xae elderberry (Sambucus nigra \u2018Eva\u2019, Zones 5-7)

\u2018Cavatine\u2019 pieris (Pieris japonica \u2018Cavatine\u2019, Zones 5-8)

\u2018Blue Star\u2019 juniper (Juniperus squamata \u2018Blue Star\u2019, Zones 4-8)

\u2018Bressingham White\u2019 bergenia (Bergenia \u2018Bressingham White\u2019, Zones 3-8)

Liverleaf (Hepatica nobilis, Zones 5-8)