Re: What is shade?

Nancy,
    Differing experiences with the same plants... just different gardens...
Cimicifuga do very well in eastern exposure with lots of light, and in quite
a bit of shade in my garden. Japanese fall blooming anemone wilt in pots out
in the display area of the nursery if they get the slightest bit dry, but in
the garden nothing seems to affect them. And, my anemone are in quite a bit
of light here.
    I think we all do a bit of shuffling of plans on occasion to match them
up with the reality of our own gardens.
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana

----- Original Message -----
From: <stedman@RCN.COM>
> A big issue for me is the heat tolerance of shade plants. The
> only sun most of my shade plants get is a few hours in the
> mid-day or afternoon. In one bed the sun is compounded by
> heat reflected off a brick wall. Some plants--I put
> cimicifugas, Japanese anemones and the big-leaved hydrangeas
> in this category--seem to truly suffer in the heat. (There's
> wilting, which plants seem to recover from, and then there's
> fainting.) I think if they got exposure earlier in the day
> the sunlight wouldn't be such a shock. But I've had to find
> new homes for these shade creatures. Needless to say,
> sun-lovers find these spots too dark.
> Nancy Stedman, NYC
>
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