Re: Any colorful shade plants that last all summer?
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- Subject: Re: [SG] Any colorful shade plants that last all summer?
- From: J*
- Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 22:45:00 -0400
There's a couple of Corydalises that bloom all summer into fall --
Corydalis ochroleuca (creamy white flowers) and Corydalis lutea (yellow
flowers). Campanula carpatica will bloom for most of the summer, if it's
kept deadheaded. Finally, blue star creeper blooms all summer. It is a
creeper, only an inch high, with light blue flowers with a darker blue
accent. It has the greatest number of scientific names I've ever seen --
Pratia pedunculata, Lobelia pedunculata, Isotoma fluviatilis, and Laurentia
fluviatilis. Some authorities say it's hardy only to zone 7, but I have no
trouble in zone 6, and sources I trust say it's hardy in zone 5.
Janet
zone 6b, Connecticut
>Hi:
>
>I am wondering what colorful shade plants you've found that bloom all
>summer long? I get so tired of having to plant annuals each year to be
>sure of having something in bloom in my shade garden. This garden
>consists of heucheras, astilbes, and hostas. The oriental lilies are
>being moved to the backyard this week because they are much too tall for
>the size of the shrubs behind them. I'm trying to scale down my garden
>plants a bit. I need a colorful plant that stands no more than about 2
>feet tall and blooms July-August. Any suggestions?
>--
>Diana Pederson, Ingham County, Michigan, Zone 5, United States
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