Re: Perennials for Dry Shade
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Perennials for Dry Shade
- From: D* M*
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 10:06:35 -0600
>I appreciate your list. I have to deal with a lot of dry, semi-shade also.
>But I'm curious about the following 2 items:
> Chelone (turtlehead)
> Joe Pye weed (eupatorium)
>I thought these needed moist soil, evenly moist soil.
I agree. I do have a chelone in some dry shade, but it often looks a bit
on the droopy side, whereas the chelone in my bog garden looks much better.
Same with the Eupatorium fistulosum - mine actually came from a swamp.
Don Martinson
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee suburb)
USDA Zone 5 (-10 to -20F)
AHS Heat Zone #4, Map at: ( http://www.suite101.com/userfiles/79/hz1024.jpg )
l*@execpc.com Note new e-mail address
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