Re: shade tolerance
- Subject: Re: shade tolerance
- From: M* T*
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 03:06:37 -0400
I agree with Anne...sounds like you need to do branch work on your
trees. If you make sure that the lowest branches are at least 15'
off the ground (well, except for some plants that need a weeping type
form) everything will do better. You don't actually have to thin out
branches if you make sure they're high off the ground. Well, better
hedge that a bit, too. If your trees form a totally interlocking
canopy, through which no sun rays fall at all, then some thinning
would be in order. Perhaps even thinning out of a tree or two.
Most rhodies, in particular, need some sun or very good light to
bloom well. If your ferns and hydrangeas are leaning, your back 40
is pretty dark:-)
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Barbara Tilton <tilton44@erols.com>
>
> Ok, they say "it's better to ask a stupid question than fix a dumb
> problem", so here goes...
>
> Several of the "shade tolerant" plants we've put in our wooded
back-40
> are leaning towards the available sunlight (includes Japanese
painted
> ferns, variegated hydrangea and rhodo's). Will they ever do well
in
> these sites or should I move them now (or thin out some of the tree
> branches)?
> TIA
> Barb (southeastern PA)
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