Re: suggestions please
- Subject: Re: suggestions please
- From: "Kaj Dorstenia" k*@get2net.dk
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 13:38:14 +0200
Dear Melissa and all on the list,.
I have the same problem with shade in my garden,
and I use Pachysandra (Japanese Spurge) with great succes.
It makes a fresh green cover the whole year.
I donīt think that your hot summer will harm the plants.
It is used in the most parts in Europe, and here in Denmark
we have also had a very hot sommer this year with 3-4 weeks
with temparetures above 31 degree Celsius, which I think is
nearly the same as 87 degree Farenheit -
And my Pachysandras look better than ever before.
I donīt know if they are commen used in U.S.
In New York there is a nusery called "Speciality nursery growing
groundcover plants" At their homepage you can get all the informations
you want. Just try www.peekskillnurseries.com/pachysandra.html .
Good luck.
Kaj Dorstenia
Copenhagen
Denmark
kaj.dorstenia@get2net.dk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rose, Melissa B" <mbrose@ucdavis.edu>
To: "Medit-Plants (E-mail)" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 2:31 AM
Subject: suggestions please
> Could anyone from the list please recommend a planting for a trouble spot in
> my garden. I'm in Davis, CA, Sunset zone 14. Hot, hot, hot in summer (we
> had nineteen consecutive days above 100 this summer) and cold and wet in
> winter. It can get as low as 18-20F in winter but usually it doesn't get
> much below 30, sometimes for a few days though. Soil is clay.
>
> I need something for an area under an ash tree (which belongs to the city).
> The area's not right under the tree, but is shaded by it most of the day
> until late afternoon. Then it gets about 45 minutes to an hour of the
> strongest sun of the day, which really stresses the dry shade plants I have
> there now (which are looking pretty crisp after a long hot Davis summer.)
> The area is mounded with some boulders and is adjacent to the sidewalk(It's
> the entryway to my front garden.) I've pondered long enough on my own and am
> ready to seek the advice of the experts on this list. Thanks in advance for
> any suggestions.
>
> Melissa Rose
> Center for Children's Environmental Health
> tel (530) 754-8157
> fax (530) 752-3761
> e-mail mbrose@ucdavis.edu
> http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/cceh/
>
>
>
