Re: needs list of plants for z 5 and deep shadewas:InterestedInShade Gardens -Reply

Hiya Penny!  Glad to see you here...hope all has been well with you
and yours.   Been nomail on Gardens-L for some time and missed you!

Lordy...had forgotten that list - why don't you post it to this list
if you've got it.  I can't even remember what was on it:-)

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
Editor:  Gardening in Shade
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From: Penny Nielsen <nielsenp@GOV.NS.CA>
Date: Friday, January 28, 2000 7:32 AM

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
Editor:  Gardening in Shade
current article :What's in a Name? Taxonomy
http://suite101.com/welcome.cfm/222
All garden topics welcome page:
http://suite101.com/category.cfm/gardening



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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
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