Re: dry, shady, sun sometimes

Barbara:

Here's a few that I think would work very nicely for
you:

Correa (various)
Dianella
Galvesia speciosa
Grevillea (there's some very nice low ones, including
'Bronze Rambler')
Hardenbergia violacea (on the ground)
Hemerocallis (some do better in shade than others)
Myoporum parvifolium
Sollya heterophylla

These are tough-as-nails plants that will tolerate a
WIDE range of conditions (which is what it sounds like
you have).

Joe Seals

--- Barbara Sargent <rsgt@california.com> wrote:
> I'm preparing a small (around 2 1/2 X 6) piece of
> garden for
> new plants but don't know what would do well in the
> spot.
> Now there are hundreds of grape hyacinth bulbs and
> oriental
> poppies but during the summer these disappear. I
> want
> something that would withstand low watering but
> would have
> color, would not be too large and would remain
> through the
> summer.  Some kind of salvia for example, would be
> great,
> and something for the understory. 
> 
> The spot gets very hot late western sun, some
> mid-day sun
> but also can be in deep, deep shade because of a
> huge
> redwood that shades the area. It also gets very dry
> and I'm
> trying to amend the area so that it holds more
> water.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Barbara - in Berkeley 
> 


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