Re: Bleeding hearts go dormant for an entire year?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Bleeding hearts go dormant for an entire year?
- From: M*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:56:21 EDT
In a message dated 4/19/1999 10:37:27 PM Central Daylight Time,
KrisP64@aol.com writes:
<<
Thanks Paul. Mine is in a dry location but that's okay with me that it goes
dormant. Maybe I will move it to a new location next year. Any suggestions
for dry shade. I am learning that my border against the house and under the
over hang is very dry in the summer. Tried to water dilegently but would
like
to put somt drought tolerant shady loving plants in the space that would
thrive better >>
the best time to move the bleeding heart is after they go dormant in the
summer or fall.
Plants that I have had good success's with in dry shade are Epimedium, some
Hosta as long as the soil is good, wild geranium, Canadian Ginger, Tiarella
wherryi and its diffrent forms have done well for me in a dry location.
If you can loosen up the soil with organic matter or use a two inch covering
of leaf litter on the surface it would go a long way in making you dry shade
sight a better location for most plants.
The hardest place to grow is in dry shade were the soil is as hard as a rock.
Paul
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