Re: needs list of plants for z 5 and deepshadewas:InterestedInShade Gardens

Hi Marilyn

I haven't had to remove the gooseneck loostrife yet - tho I'm going to be watching it closely.  I did have trouble with the physostegia as it creates runners and was popping up are a fairly large area throughout one bed.  I know I haven't gotten it all yet.  The soil in that bed is fairly rich so that might contribute to its invasiveness.  As much as I liked it, its one that I'd recommend with caution.  Now that I think about it, I put a plant in a shady area the year after we moved into our place because the previous owner had a small bed dug in this spot.  It died over the winter as it obviously didn't like the conditions.  

Penny

>>> marimuse@EARTHLINK.NET 01/31/00 08:31AM >>>
Hi, Penny, do you find either of these very difficult to remove...so much so that you would recommend not planting them?  I really love both of them, but not so much that i would want them to take over my garden!

marilyn

Penny Nielsen wrote:

> Hi Marilyn and Kathy
>
> I have the gooseneck loosestrife too but find that I am going to have to watch it closely as its starting to spread after the 2nd year in the garden.  My neighbour gave me some as it got quite invasive in her garden.
>
> I planted some frittilaria meleagris fall of 98 and nary a one showed up spring 99 :-(.  I guess I'll give them another try and they are so beautiful looking.
>
> Re the physostegia- false dragonhead.  Perhaps because I grow them in a part sun/part shade situation I'm not sure, but they became very invasive and I had to remove them - no small task - and I am still finding offshoots.
>
> Penny in Halifax, N.S.,5/6a
>
> marimuse@EARTHLINK.NET 01/28/00 06:28PM >>>
> Hi....I had a shade garden in zone 6, and here are some of the things
> that worked really well.....
>
> * goose-neck loosestrife....this is not the purple loosestrife that is
> choking the waterways all over the place.  Although I have heard that
> this can also be a bit invasive, I never had any trouble with it, and it
> was beautiful.  Its blooms were white, about six or seven inches long,
> bent so that it resembles a goose neck, thus the name.  I grew this in a
> bed under the stairs of a deck, so it was almost complete shade, plus
> quite dry.
>
> *alchemilla mollis- is a wonderful chartreusy green, and dew drops
> collect on the edges of the leaves and in the center, looking like
> silver
>
> *frittilaria meleagris- this is one of my favorite plants........a bulb,
> comes up on a short, thin stalk with a wonderful flower at the tip,
> either white or black and purple checkerboard.  The cutest little thing!
>
> *iris cristata- a very small iris that spreads over the ground to form a
> groundcover.... a beautiful white and yellow flower which blooms in
> early spring....also flourished under the deck stairs.
>
> *iris reticulata- another small iris, this one with a blue, white, and
> yellow flower...blooms a bit later- I think it was later- than the
> cristata....very sweet
>
> *hellebores-lenten roses....another favorite....these have mauve, cream,
> and green saucer-shaped blooms which come up very early, and last most
> of the summer.....super plant
>
> *monkshood- mine grew very tall.....with incredible purple blooms in the
> late summer, looked like the inside of a clam shell...
>
> *astilbes of many varieties....I love how the tall blooms bend in the
> breeze...these also last for quite a long time and are nice in the back
> of the garden.....also the astilbe pumila chinois, which is a small
> groundcover....spreads quite nicely
>
> frittilaria meleagris Mine had beautiful pink blooms in an
> upside down cone shape.....late bloomers, about two feet tall
>
> Well, I guess that is enough from me!  Hope this helps.
>
> marilyn
>
> Marge Talt wrote:
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