Re: [SG] Companion plant suggestions
- Subject: Re: [SG] Companion plant suggestions
- From: n* d*
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 19:53:42 -0600
Bobbi-this is not a reply at all, nut my own request for suggestions for
Companion plants to go with a row of daylilies--mostly "Hyperion" (a birght
yellow) but also assorted others. They are in a bed about 20 feet long and 3
feet wide which I created in a hurry when the birds ate all my sunflower
seedlings and someone gave me 30 daylily plants.
But now I don't know what to do to turn this row into a "garden." The bed
faces southeast and goes from sun through dappled shade to true shade (the
last 6 feet).
It is directly outside our vegetable garden and there is a 36" cyclone-type
fence between them.
Please put your fertile imaginations and years of experience to work and send
me some suggestions. I would like to use the fence, if possible, but I don't
think my first thoughts of sweet peas would work at all.
In advance, I thank you all
Nancy deGrazia
Bobbi Diehl wrote:
> Hi, am hoping someone can suggest some companion shrubs to intersperse
> with some young Amelanchier 'Autumn Brilliance' (or so the nursery
> claimed) that grow in our backyard. They are in shade, on the north side
> of a row of giant Arborvitae, and are maybe 6 or 7' tall at this point.
> They are not like bushes, more like small trees. A largeish beech tree
> grows to the east of the serviceberries, but there is room to plant some
> additional shrubs. Beneath this grouping I plan to put some hostas and
> maybe some spring ephemerals.
>
> I would appreciate suggestions for shrubs that would have approximately
> the same growth habit as the serviceberries but maybe bloom at a different
> time, or with a different color of bloom, and that would like relatively
> shady conditions.
>
> Bobbi Diehl
> Bloomington, IN
> zone 5/6
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