Re: Dry shade perennials/shrubs
I did not see Symphytum grandiflorum suggested. It grows nicely in
dense shade and flourishes in part sun. Most shade plants are
spring blooming to take advantage of the light before the trees
leaf out and create shade. For taller, later blooming plants there
is Cimicifuga.
Bill Plummer
Painted Post, New York
Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "Saxton, Susan" <SSaxton@Schwabe.com>
To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
Sent: Friday, 25 February, 2000 12:45 PM
Subject: RE: Dry shade perennials/shrubs
> Thank you to all who responded. I will keep your suggestions as
this
> planting scenario has always been a challenge for me.
>
> But I have one other comment. Seems that most of what everyone
suggested
> are spring bloomers or shorter perennials.
>
> Any suggestions for things that get 4-6' for dry semi-shade?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marge Talt [m*@clark.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 9:26 PM
> > To: 'perennials'
> > Subject: Re: Dry shade perennials/shrubs
> >
> >
> > Well, Susan, Diane suggested some good ones. Rather depends
on what
> > you're wanting and what you've already got there....and
whether you
> > can water enough and what the soil is like....
> >
> > Any way, I have most of my garden under mature trees,
competing madly
> > with their greedy root systems - wrote a 10 part series on
Planting
> > Under Trees a year or so ago in case you're interested. In my
new
> > Article Index (see SIG), hit the quick link to In Marge's
Garden and
> > scroll down for them. Off the top of my cranium...
> >
> > Brunnera macrophylla - tolerates these conditions if you can
water
> > Asarum canadensis - (wild ginger) does quite well for me right
up
> > around the base of a maple (Acer spp) and between it and a
dogwood
> > (Cornus florida) - both greedy root trees
> > Arisaema - (jack-in-pulpit) assorted
> > Begonia grandis (hardy begonia)
> > Hosta - assorted if you can water
> > Tricyrtis - (toad lily) assorted if you can water
> > Ferns - assorted...see current article for some to die for -
can't
> > have too many
> > Hellebores - if you can water
> > Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's breeches) - disappears in
summer.
> > Pachysandra terminalis
> > Narcissus - assorted - the common daffs do well for me under
trees;
> > the more showy and expensive kind want more coddling and sun.
> > Galanthus nivea (snowdrops)
> > Pulmonaria - assorted - Mrs. Moon tolerates about anything
tho' will
> > get mildew if too dry
> > Scilla campanulata (old Endymion hispanicus) now Hyacinthoides
> > hispanica - woods hyacinth -seeds around like mad and forms
drifts
> > over time - actually any of the 'minor' bulbs are very nice
under
> > trees as they are early and gone by the time the trees leaf
out and
> > most will seed around madly.
> > Arum italicum
> > Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)
> > Lamiastrum galeobdolon (tho' you want to think twice about
letting
> > this loose in a border)
> > Podophyllum peltatum (common mayapple)
> >
> > Now, these are all doing well under my trees on the east
> > coast....your mileage may differ.
> >
> > Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> > mtalt@clark.net
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> > ----------
> > > From: Saxton, Susan <SSaxton@Schwabe.com>
> > > Date: Thursday, February 24, 2000 1:14 PM
> > >
> > > Any suggestions? I have a difficult area under a mature
ornamental
> > plum. I
> > > have been successful with many, many plants in this
location, but
> > still have
> > > "bare spots" in this large bed that I'd like to fill. It
does get
> > > supplemental water, but the tree leafs out in March through
Oct.
> > This area
> > > would get early morning sun and late afternoon sun only. The
tree
> > is limbed
> > > up and thinned out well, it is not dense, dark shade. The
problem
> > is more
> > > the dry soil. TIA.
> >
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