Re: Ground cover for Dry Shade and Spring flowering plants

In a message dated 01/11/2001 12:23:14 PM Central Standard Time, 
louise@the-english-family.freeserve.co.uk writes:

<< 
 The Dodecatheon as well - my daughter and I were looking at pictures
 yesterday.  Am I right in thinking that, although tiny, this needs to be
 more of a specimen plant than out in the border generally?
  >>


Yes-they do make nice specimens -- they are very showy when in bloom.

The shooting stars are useful in a few diffrent settings- a number of them 
are used in rock gardens, I have them mixed in amongst my Hosta and native 
woodland plants.

They produce low growing leaves very early in spring and a tall flower stem 
with a number of diffrent flowers perched at the top.  The flowers look like 
rockets, with a pointy end.  

Many disappear after late June/mid July.  Coming back the next year.  So they 
are not plants that take up a lot of space.  And more than once I have dug up 
a plant by mistake in late summer while planting something else.  

Sadly most real shade plants are spring bloomers, but many have nice berries 
too.

Some of the Tricyritys are fall bloomers and so are the Kirengeshoma and I 
have some LAMIUM 'Silver beacon' that blooms very well in the fall in shade.
There are also a few woodland species of Aster that bloom late in the year.

OH no!!  - I see I have gotten off topic-time to go back to bed!


Paul

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