Re: late blooming perennial
- Subject: Re: late blooming perennial
- From: "Marge Talt" m*@hort.net
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 23:51:55 -0400
Hmmm....well, late bloomers for partial shade not on the list are
Cimicifuga (Actea), Tricyrtis (toad lilies) and Kirengeshoma plamata,
but none of these will do well in a very dry area. Sandy soil, if
you amend it like mad with organic material, is not so much a problem
except for getting dry - but the organic material would help a tad
there. Still, I think you'll have to irrigate just about anything
you want that blooms in partial shade this time of year...esp. with
these hideous hot temps. we've been having. I have clay soil and
it's like dust now...so soil type is not gonna save anything unless
it's a bog:-)
I just got my hands on Acanthopanax (Eleutherococcus) sieboldiana
'Variegatus', said to do well in dry shade...with it, you don't need
flowers; marvelous yellow variegation...this is a shrub, tho' not a
perennial.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Merri Morgan <mmorgan@wcgnet.net>
>
> Thanks,Claire, for copying the list. I am in warm zone 5,
southeastern WV.
> I'm familiar with most of the plants mentioned. My soil is indeed
very
> sandy, and the spot I'm stumped on is in partial shade. I also
really
> wanted something that would bloom about a month from now. The
monkshood
> would have been perfect, and almost everything on the list will be
finished
> by then. It's also too dry and/or too shady for many of them. But
I'm
> still open to ideas.
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