Re: [SG] Flowers for the Shade
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Flowers for the Shade
- From: G* <g*@OTHERSIDE.COM>
- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 09:53:53 -0500
Hello Michael,
kind of hard to jump right in there. You are doing a fine job of
describing plants for her shaded yard. Any of the ephemeral plants would do
wonderful as many are gone by July into dormancy. There are so many
wonderful shade plants to choose from. With her moderate climate I would go
for a 12 month garden. Always have something in bloom or ready for
cutting. Favorite shrub/tree for cutting is Witchhazel, next the lowly
forsythia.
Early spring favorites are the Hellebores, Primula veris and vulgaris,
Pulmonarias, Anemone nemorosa selections, Trilliums., exotic Arisaema
(there are some late emerging ones that will not emerge until June here),
Cyclamen coum the Winter Cyclamen, Uvularia species (Merrybells), Bluebells
native and non-native, Hepatica, Shooting Stars and Trout Lilies.
Summer it is Digitalis, Spigelia or Pink Root, Geraniums, Iris species of
many kinds, species Lilies, Swamp Milkweed.
Fall into winter it is Tricyrtis, Aconitums or Monkshoods, Gentians, some
Goldenrods, Cimicifuga or Fairy Candles,
This is just to name a few that come to mind first. Hard to have favorites
among so many beautiful plants.
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: Michael D. Cook <mikecook@PIPELINE.COM>
>
> At 12:23 AM 2/23/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >Since the redwood is bringing its shade to the cut flower garden, my
other
> >quest is flowers good for cutting that grow well in shade.
>
> Hello, and welcome. If your redwoods are not so large as to cause more
> than dappled shade in the spring, you might be able to grow
> primroses...there are so many types, but I have found that auriculas and
> polyanthus are the easiest to grow. Mine get quite a bit of sun in the
> spring before the trees leaf out, then they are in shade throughout the
> summer. For part/light shade, nothing beats the fragrance of the tree
> peony (unnamed varieties can be purchased for $10.00 or less apiece). It
> grows so slowly that you may never see it looking like a shrub rather
than
> a woody perennial. Then there are all those georgeous woodland
perennials,
> like Trilliums, Dicentras, Arisaemas, etc. Gene, jump right in here! I
> have a few wildflowers, but have not found any to be particularly
fragrant,
> at least not pleasantly so.
>
>
>
>
> Sheila Smith
> mikecook@pipeline.com
> Niles, MI USA, Z 5/6
