Re: Summer color for shade,and other challenges
- Subject: Re: Summer color for shade,and other challenges
- From: D* P* <d*@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 14:45:54 -0700
The various cultivars of Lamium seem to be fairly happy in dry shade.
Judy Person, Pleasanton CA
On Jul 5, 2011, at 9:54 AM, Diane Whitehead wrote:
> On 4-Jul-11, at 10:12 PM, Ben Armentrout-Wiswall wrote:
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>> I have a woodsy corner of the garden beneath olives, and was wondering if there are any good flowers for summer color.
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> I have tall campanulas (Campanula persicifolia) that do well in shade - mine are mostly medium blue, but I also have some that are dark blue, white, and white rimmed with blue.
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> I also have fuchsias and roses that bloom all summer in shade, but they are in areas that I water occasionally so would probably not be suitable for your olive grove.
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> Diane Whitehead
> Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
> cool mediterranean climate
> moderate dry summers, moderate rainy winters
> 68 cm rain (27 in)
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