Introduction

> I'm a hobbyist with a shade garden to be done. We recently bought a
> ranch which has a small front lawn (and a 6x20 area against a fence and
> next to the driveway) facing north and shaded by a very large pine tree,
> and a backyard with a southern exposure which is shaded by tall trees
> (dappled sunlight), except for an area which abuts the house and a
> flagstone path and which gets a few hours of afternoon sunlight. Both
> areas have been completely cleared and prepped for planting,except for
> sod (which was laid in September and looks dead) laid in the backyard
> between a 4 foot border around a wooden privacy fence and the path. The
> border is about 75 feet total with most of the area across the back of
> the house and about 15 feet, broken in two by the path, at a right
> angle. I was going to have it landscaped by a professional but have
> decided to do it myself. So far I've considered rhodos and azaleas for
> the front with a magnolia for interest and cotoneaster to line both
> sides of the few steps from the sidewalk,and dead nettle, sweet
> woodruff, or liriope as ground cover over the lawn and the driveway area
> mentioned. In the back, a mixed border with holly, witch hazel, azaleas
> and rhodos as anchors and perhaps hydrangeas, hosta, astilbes, waxbells,
> bleeding heart, foamflower, lungwort and ferns, or some combination
> thereof, between. I jut moved from a house with a large perennial shade
> garden (modified though not designed by me) which lacked color, nice as
> it was, and I'm very anxious to not repeat that pattern with this space.
>
> Forgive the length. It won't happen again.
>
> Rebecca R.
> Providence, RI, Zone 6
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