Re: Anemone Sylvestris
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- Subject: Re: Anemone Sylvestris
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 02:42:54 -0500
Louise,
In your climate, I should think H. foetidus would want a good deal of
sun. This one, like H. argutifolius, likes some sun...actually, I've
read where just about all Helleborus do well in sun. In my climate,
H. foetidus does well in a fair amount of shade, but it really wants
a few rays to hit it. They don't seem affected by our summer dry
seasons - and this with temps in the 90sF. Both of these like good
drainage - often are found in very rocky places in the wild.
You've got a nice list. What about some Arisaema? I'm hooked on
these guys and they do very well in a lot of shade, but also take
some sun. Their reaction to getting too dry is to go dormant earlier
than they might if not...but they are tough plants, really and there
are a lot of marvelous species.
Or Arum....also good for shady spots...and don't forget ferns, a
mainstay of shady places...and then there are Trilliums, Dodecatheon,
Stylophorum diphyllum (Celandine Poppy or Wood Poppy) and
Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot). Tellima grandiflora is easy -
seeds around a bit, but makes nice foliage for summer to go with the
slender wands of white spring flowers or about any of the Tiarellas.
Don't forget the biennials like Lunaria annua or biennis as it may
now be (honesty) and Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket). Both of
these take shade and sun and provide a lot of color in spring.
Hesperis will keep on blooming if dead headed.
As for sources for plants in the UK...have you tried the RHS
PlantFinder? Plug in a plant and it will tell you all the nurseries
in the UK who carry it.
http://www.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantfinder/plantfinder.asp
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Louise <louise@the-english-family.freeserve.co.uk>
> Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 2:01 AM
(snip)
> tv gardening programmes, are spring woodland gardens. But there's
only two
> places I can replicate woodland conditions in the garden.
Otherwise, these
> poor woodland plants that I so fancy would have a bit of sun/shade
in
> spring, and fry in the summer. Anyway, that said, these are the
plants I
> already have (I started this quest last year):
>
> Primulas (the plain lemon yellow primrose); Pulmonaria - I've got 5
or 6
> different ones of this now, hopefully they'll flower this year;
euphorbias;
> loads of daffodils, anemone blanda - I seem to remember putting
some bulbs
> of this in last autumn (is it spring flowering? - can't remember).
>
> And this is what I intend ordering:
>
> Anemone Sylvestris;
> Corydalis Elata;
> Epimedium x youngianum niveum;
> Epimedium grandiflorum 'Crimson Beauty';
> Epimedium pinnatum subsp. colchicum;
> Hellebore (I've already got two although the Helleborus Foetidus is
> struggling, I think I'll have to move it, neither have flowered
yet);
> Gallanthus (snowdrops).
>
> I would also like some Galium Odoratum (sweet woodruff), but
haven't found a
> source for this yet.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Louise, Surrey, England
>
>
>
>
>
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