Hi - we have been very unsuccessful getting anything to live in part of our backyard. One corner of the yard is very shady and wet and I would described as being clay like. We had drain tile put in 4 years ago (roughly). We do have kids and dogs but grass doesn't grow. A hosta or two will survive. I tried willow type bushes but I think it was too shady for them. We have been mulchy which isn't really a desired look (the random patch of hostas aren't either, and we slowly have dug them out and transplanted). I am attaching a few pictures. We are have a few trees take down next week (cluster of some type of willow since they are dying and one diseased ash tree). The area that is fenced is to give the grass that will grow a chance (keeping the kids and dogs off in the spring). I read a few articles and it seems my best bets may be tree's like red maples and those (bushes/trees) from the evergreen family. Maybe Black chokeberry, redosier dogwood (sun/part shade), mockorange (full sun- we have other parts of our yard that are full sun/shade). Maybe ferns? I haven't been successful with pollinators either. Does it seem I'm on the right track of what to try? It's defeating to spend the money to have it all die :( Thank you for your time and any help guidance!