Re: [SG] Welcome
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Welcome
- From: C* C* <C*@AOL.COM>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:26:26 EST
In a message dated 12/28/1998 2:01:00 PM Central Standard Time,
sfmogul@POBOX.COM writes:
<< The garden remains
in the shade untill about 2 PM and then it gets sun for about two to three
hours. Finding appropriate perennials that are happy has been difficut. >>
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Welcome!
If you have a Border's or Barnes & Noble bookseller near by, you will find a
lot of works on shade gardening. Except for my driveway beds and some parts of
my patio garden, the rest is shade.
I hesitate to try to list plants that thrive in the type of shade you
have---there are many! Be sure though to add some hostas, particularly the
variegated ones, in white and green. The golds require more sun. Blues will do
well for you.
Try also some ligularias, pulmonarias, lysimachias, and some of the shade
tolerant grasses. Also, the carexes are great for shade.
Once you get "into" shade gardening, I think you will find there are more
genera than you would have imagined that thrive in shady conditions.
Clyde Crockett z5 Indy IN
