Re: needs list of plants for z 5 and deep shadewas:InterestedInShade Gardens -Reply
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- Subject: Re: [SG] needs list of plants for z 5 and deep shadewas:InterestedInShade Gardens -Reply
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- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 08:58:17 -0600
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Penny Nielsen wrote:
> Hi Marge
>
> I just joined shadegardens after Margaret L on gardens mentioned it. Glad to see you are as active as ever.
>
> I have a listing of plants that you wrote about back in Nov. of 97 indicating their hardiness zone and how they responded in your garden. If you don't mind, I'll glady send this to Kathy.
>
> I see that Gene Bush also posts to this list and I know he is a great resource.
>
> I would also suggest that Kathy visit her local library for some books on shade gardening.
>
> Visited your site yesterday Marge and always enjoy reading your articles. Kathy might also consider checking out the archives on this and the gardens list.
>
> Penny in Halifax, N.S.
>
> >> mtalt@CLARK.NET 01/28 3:49 am >>>
> Well, off the top of my head, these come to mind:
>
> Arisaema triphyllum - native jack in the pulpit
>
> Asarum canadense - wild ginger as well as other species, like A.
> europaeum (evergreen) and A. shuttleworthii ( lovely marbled leaves)
>
> Brunnera macrophylla - Siberian Bugloss - grows in dense shade for
> me, tho' it will take sun or part shade...might need more light where
> you are than it does where I am, but it's hardy as a rock.
>
> Pulmonaria s. 'Mrs. Moon' does well in deep shade for me - but it
> does tend toward powdery mildew if it gets too dry - there are others
> around that don't get it as bad...and some incredible Pulmonaria like
> 'Excalibur' with really silver leaves - lots of new ones available
> with more all the time....
>
> Symphytum grandiflorum grows quite well for me in pretty deep shade
> tho' it's said to prefer sun to part shade - grows about anywhere for
> me.
>
> Corydalis lutea is an easy one and I think hardy to zone 5
>
> Stylophorum diphyllum, the Celandine or wood poppy grows in part sun
> to really deep shade for me.
>
> Know there are more, but need some of the northerners on this list to
> chime in here...come on guys!
>
> Oh...now you don't say what kind of soil you have - acid or alkaline.
> Mine is acid clay, so if yours is alkaline this list may not work at
> all....
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@clark.net
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> ----------
> > From: Kathy Garvey <KLGarvey@AOL.COM>
> > Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 1:11 PM
> >
> > Am new at this list and have questions about good plants for fairly
> deep
> > shaded garden area. No direct light. Have Hosta, Astilbe,
> Lily-of-the-Valley,
> > ferns though I would like more.
> > What ideas can you give me?
> > Kathy Garvey
> > Nebraska/Zone 5
Penny, If Marge doesn't mind, perhaps you could share her 1997 list with all of us.
Nancy Shlaes deGrazia
