Re: [SG] Introduction/ Marilyn

Hello Marilyn,
        Welcome to shade gardens.... nice to see you on this list as well. Like
bumping into an old friend at the Mall.
        You mention the color of a shade garden not being as exuberant as a sun
garden... There are plants with plenty of bright color for shade. Looks up
a good color catalog such as Wayside and check out the Rhodies and
especially the Azaleas. Do you have a Wormroot/Pinkroot in the garden
(Spegelia marilandica) with its red tubular blooms capped with yellow? How
about the bright red of Silene virginaica? Some of the Phlox stolonifera
hurt your eyes when they are in mass on a hillside. Primula can be quite
bright in bloom. Look into the fall garden for great color both in foliage
and bright blooms. Excellent selections.
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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> From: marilyn <marimuse@EARTHLINK.NET>
>
> Hi, my name is Marilyn, and I live in Massachusetts, in zone 6.  I
> think I used to be on this list, but somehow lost the connection,
> anyway, it is nice to be back and hearing about shade plants again,
> since my garden is pretty much completely in the shade.
>
> I have been gardening for five years, and when I first started out, I
> would go to nurseries and tell them that I had a garden that only got
> about two hours of sun a day, and the main things they said I could
> grow were hostas and impatiens.  Well, yes, they grow very well in my
> garden, but so do scads of other things.  I would have to say that it
> was a lecture by Ken Druse, and then the purchase of his book, The
> Natural Shade Garden, that really turned me onto the wonder of plants
> that can grow in the shade.  Although it is not as exuberant as the
> gardens that are full sun, I love the subtlety and the uniqueness of
> the flowers that do bloom in the shade.  I have also since found some
> nurseries around here that cater to shade gardens, and so my garden is
> full of great plants.
>
> Just to name a few......rhododendrons, hydrangea, hellebores, Jacob's
> Ladder, aconitum, turtleheads, perennial geraniums, fritillaria,
> hostas, mazus reptans, Solomon's Seal, daylilies, irises and iris
> cristata, lilies of the valley, gooseneck loosestrife, epimediums,
> trilliums, bloodroot, and on and on....well, anyway, there is my
> introduction......hope everyone is enjoying the holidays.
>
>      Marilyn
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