Re: shade under maples
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>From: Sharon Guzik <sguzik@lynx.dac.neu.edu>
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>Wouldn't you know! We moved into a new house last year and I'm
planning
>out the garden - bit by bit. There are several well established trees
>on the lot. A HUGE silver maple and then many smaller maples. I read
a
>lot about shade gardens and am planning one in an area that's not under
>a maple - Everything I read about shade gardening and gardening under
>trees says essentially if the trees are maples that you're out of luck
>since they're such shallow rooted, greedy trees.
>
>But then I read what Susan Campanini wrote:
>
> "I have a nice shade bed under a huge maple with lots of leaf
>mold in the soil where I grow ferns, gingers, rhododendrons, a pieris,
>hosta, kirengoshoma, helleborus, gallium, sanguinaria, trillium, and
>other woodland plants. This is where I would plant the kalmia..."
>
>And I guess there's hope! What should I do to get things started under
>these maples?
>
>sharon
Sharon, The maple in one of my shade beds was so invasive that it was
actually killing plants. Trees not only compete for moisture and
nutrients but also will emit a poisin to kill any competing plants.
Since many of my plants were expensive hostas I went to extremes to
protect them. I found something called Bio Barrier which is a herbicide
placed on what looks like a 12" silt fence. Chopping tree roots and
trenching a foot deep I placed the Bio Barrier around the tree. (This
product is used a lot around golf courses to protect the cart paths).
The only problem is if you have heavy mulch the roots will creep over
the top. Good Luck! Richard Jolly
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