Re: Summer color for shade,and other challenges
- Subject: Re: Summer color for shade,and other challenges
- From: t* <t*@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 12:13:38 -0700
Is it dappled shade?
Not cool colors, but I have some hummingbird fuchsias that are doing
well in the dappled shade under 7-ft. perennial kale plants. They do
reach for the spots of sun when in bloom, though. White yarrow is also
slowly spreading there. This is at the edge of a vegetable garden, so
there's good soil and some regular watering nearby, but I've found
some flowering plants will do ok with less sun, though they may not
bloom as abundantly.
In a nonnative garden, I've seen a pittosporum relative, Sollya
heterophylla, in the shade.
http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=1512
It's subtle, with small light-blue flowers, but undemanding.
Tanya
northern Calif.
sunset zone 15/17
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Ben Armentrout-Wiswall
<benjamin.r.aw@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a woodsy corner of the garden beneath olives, and was wondering if
> there are any good flowers for summer color. ...for the middle ground and background I'm looking for cooler colors.
