RE: Shade Perennials

Oh Cheryl.... and Veratrum niger for your shade - wonderful striking pleated
foliage. Don't even care whether it blooms or not!  Also soooo many great
Tricyrtis - T. Tojen works here. Got "Golden Leopard" this spring, hoping I'll
get blooms this year.  And I have Phlox paniculata "Elizabeth" growing in
shade here - has variagated foliage so really brightens up the shade.  And my
current favourite (that changes every day) is the Japanese Forest Grass
Hakonechloa macra. "Aureola" works fine and "Naomi" takes a lot of shade. Both
have variegated foliage.



Like you, I'm losing a lot of my sun. Gardens are an evolution - and I still
have a dozen plants to get into the ground...



Lil T.

Georgetown ON

Zone 5

> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:40:23 -0400
> From: lindsey@mallorn.com
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: Re: Shade Perennials
>
> On Aug 28, Gene Bush wrote:
>
> > When choosing heuchera I go for the ones with local native
> > parentage. One or more parents have to be H.americana, or H. vilosa and
both
> > of those come from rocky or dry shade areas in nature.
>
> Hear, hear! I really like Heuchera americana 'Dale's Variety' [1]
> and let's not forget Tellima grandiflora[2]! Fringe cups have always
> done well for me in dry shade, and I especially like the cultivar
> 'Forest Frost' [3].
>
> [1]
http://www.dyckarboretum.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id
=97
> [2]
http://www.rainyside.com/features/plant_gallery/nativeplants/Tellima_grandifl
ora.html
> [3]
http://www.rainyside.com/features/plant_gallery/perennials/Tellima_grandiflor
aForestFrost.html
>
> Chris
>
> http://www.hort.net/gallery/ 4383 online plant photos and growing!
> http://www.hort.net/gallery/date/2009-08-10/ The latest additions
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