Re: [SG] Shrubs for Shade
Bobbi (I always read your posts!) and all:
Sorry about not specifying the sizes. Something I can keep trimmed (since
it's in front of the front porch) to about 4' max. Yes, hydrangea would be
good! In my climate, hydrangea likes lots of shade and is a water hog - but
I love 'em. I'm also, of course, familiar with burning bush - which
actually isn't a bad choise. I'm usually not crazy about virburnum - as it
reminds me of city plantings in subdivisions! :) Where I used to live
(Lexington, KY), it was EVERYWHERE! Can you tell me the common names of the
following (not familiar with the Latin - sorry): Hamamelis mollis, H.
virginica, and Viburnum carlesii? It's a western exposure. Thanks. The area
around my house gets virtually NO sun except about 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
(MAYBE). I'm in the deep woods - only enough trees (100-200' tall) cleared
for the house/garage/drive. So, the only sun I'll get is when it's high
noon! Otherwise, it's filtered - coming through big trees.
Tell me more about yews - as I AM looking for something tidy for right in
front of the house!
Rosemary in the warmer Eastern KY mountains - a beautiful day today after
snow and ice for a week!
At 06:46 PM 1/16/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Rosemary, you didn't specify any sizes for your shade-loving shrubs.
>Hydrangea quercifolia will take a lot of shade. Hydrangea arborescens
>'Grandiflora' (prob. 'Annabelle' too) takes full shade. Hypericum
>frondosum (St. John's Wort) takes a lot of shade, though maybe it's a
>subshrub--not very tall at any rate. Viburnum mariesii (sp?) takes full
>shade. All bloom for me in very shady conditions. If it's an eastern
>exposure with a bit of a.m. sun, azaleas and rhododendrons--and Pieris
>japonica. If it's a shady western exposure with a bit of afternoon sun, I
>can guarantee Hamamelis mollis, H. virginica, and Viburnum carlesii, also
>Cornel or European Dogwood (Cornus mas). Also the famous Burning Bush,
>always available at K-Mart. It will color up to a pretty shade of pink,
>but not flaming red.
>
>Yews of course do fine in full shade. You can't get neater and tidier than
>a planting of yews!
>
>Bobbi Diehl
>Bloomington, IN
>zone 5/6
>
>On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Rosemary Carlson wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone. I'm fairly new to the list - though I've signed off and on
>> this list (depending on how busy I am!) for a number of years now! I live
>> in the woods - VERY shady. My house is new - just built. I'm trying to plan
>> for spring - as there are no gardens (of course) and I'm starting from
>> scratch. The house is rustic - cedar siding and a wonderful wood-framed
>> front porch that runs the full width of the house.
>>
>> What shrubs would do well in such a shady setting? I'm looking for
>> something that will stay reasonably tidy - but nice - for in front of the
>> front porch. I'll probably have a bed there where flowers are between them.
>> Any ideas of what would do well in more or less full shade?
>>
>> Rosemary in the mountains of eastern KY
>> zone 6a
>>
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