Re: [SG] dry shade
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- Subject: Re: [SG] dry shade
- From: C* P* <E*@AOL.COM>
- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 21:30:28 EST
In a message dated 2/24/99 8:32:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, CCREDUX@AOL.COM
writes:
<< << Any suggestions for dry shade? >> >>
A few more from my dry and rocky slopes:
Symphytums (comfrey), the variegated one is very nice. Buy several plants to
have a good start. Dry shade plants are slow to establish and spread.
Hellebore foetidus or stinking hellebore. Buy several plants, same reason.
Lamiastrum (galeobdolon) or yellow archangel. This is better than Herman's
Pride if you are trying to cover really dry shady spots and no doubt have
roots to contend with. As much as this plant is condemned by gardeners, it is
also loved by anyone trying to plant really dry shade withour success. The
leaves are spotted with silver and there are yellow flowers in spring. Unlike
pulmonaria, there is no mildew.
Hosta undulatum, the common green and white, nearly indestructible. This will
remain small in poor, dry shade so should be planted less than one foot apart.
Bergenia, any kind. Again start with 5 or 6 plants planted less than one foot
apart.
There are five that are easily available in catalogs or centers and would make
an interesting patch to which you add species daffodils. All grow in my cold
garden.
Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
z4
