Re: needs list of plants for z 5 and deep shade was:InterestedIn Shade Gardens
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- Subject: Re: [SG] needs list of plants for z 5 and deep shade was:InterestedIn Shade Gardens
- From: m*
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 18:29:14 -0400
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oh, and forgot to mention a great book to get some ideas for plants for
a shade garden..... a book by Ken Druse, called the Natural Shade
Garden....wonderful pictures, too!
marilyn again
Marge Talt wrote:
> 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
