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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Groundcovers for shady areas

Hi Elaine,
   A few of the grown cover type plants in my garden I would recommend are
Creeping Forget me Not - Blue-Eyed Mary Omphalodes verna. There are quite a
few cultivars and species out there to try.
Fern- Cystopteris Bulbifera the Bulblit Fern. Makes a nice cascade effect
down a rocky embankment.
Geranium maculata, the Wood Geranium for a tall groundcover of close to 2
feet. Other shade loving hardy geraniums would also be nice such as G.
macrorrhizum.
Iris cristata is a favorite of mine.
There are also quite a few selections and species of anemones to try.
Anemone nemorosa and A. ranunnculoides are my favorites.
Some others are Foam Flower, Partridge Berry, Pachysandra, and Phlox
stolonifera.
   I would mix them up with shrubs and let them compete.
Gene Bush    Southern Indiana      Munchkin Nursery      Zone 6a
                    around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com    http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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> From: Elaine Johnson <johnsone@NITNOI.HOWA.LIB.MD.US>
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: [SHADEGARDENS] Groundcovers for shady areas
> Date: Saturday, February 21, 1998 3:25 PM
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> Can anyone recommend a groundcover which will grow well in my
> shady yard in Maryland?  Periwinkle (vinca) was suggested by a
> friend.
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> Elaine
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> johnsone@nitnoi.howa.lib.md.us
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