Re: [SG] dry shade

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• Subject: Re: [SG] dry shade
• From: C* C* <C*@AOL.COM>
• Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 20:11:24 EDT

In a message dated 6/3/1998 11:36:29 AM Central Daylight Time,
diehlr@INDIANA.EDU writes:

<< Unsurpassed for dry shade is Asarum canadense, Canadian ginger. The other
 gingers prefer a sunnier situation and spread very slowly in shade so
 unless you are a zillionaire I don't recommend them.

 Re epimediums, there are several especially vigorous yellow forms. The red
 is very vigorous also.

 A number of ferns don't seem to mind dry shade, e.g. Christmas fern. Sweet
 woodruff would do OK also. Wild geranium ... jacob's ladder ... lamiums
 especially galeobdolon (yellow archangel) ... lysimachias of all kinds
 from moneywort to gooseneck loosestrife will perform in deep shade.
  >>
I agree with Bobbi, except some of the lysimachias need moisture. The
punctatas will grow in dry shade but poorly for me and do not bloom.L. ciliata
needs moisture.

I'd add Phlox divaricata and the European Ginger, Asarum europaeum.

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