Re: [SG] Bloom in the shade

Good suggestions, Claire. I have feverfew sprouting all over in shade as
well as sun gardens. In the shade, the plants are taller but look OK. They
come up between some of the hostas and provide some welcome white. The
flower buds are just starting to open. I'm not a feverfew fanatic, but mine
have special meaning: the seeds all came from plants that originated in the
gardens of my grandfather, who began teaching me at the age of 4. Now that
I'm a "year" older  :-)  I use a lot of his knowledge as well as continuing
the feverfew from his gardens.

I also use the older daylilies and tiger lilies in my shade gardens.
Campanula, too.

John G. Adney
Marion, Iowa (zones 4-5)

-----Original Message-----
From: Claire Peplowski <ECPep@AOL.COM>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: [SG] Bloom in the shade


>Some common and easy plants not recently discussed that will bloom in shade
>are:
>
>1.  Tradescantia, white, pink and blue.  Easy, some blues have large
blooms.
>Long blooming.  I know they run around but you can't have everything.
>
>2.  Campanula P & P.  That is portenschlagiana and poscharskyana.  Both of
>these are front of the border bellflowers that do well in dappled shade.
>They are often seen in the rock garden but do well for me in shady places.
>Coupled with a rock to pour over they are charming.
>
>3.  Hemerocallis flava  or May lemon lily.  This is blooming in shade in my
>garden now.  It is fragrant and easy to grow.
>
>4.  Lilium.  The common tiger lily can be found in pink and in white, both
do
>well in shade.  Asiatics seem to be shade tolerant as well.
>
>5.  Feverfew.  I am not sure where feverfew is kept just now, that is which
>genus.  The old fashioned single daisy is a great shade plant.  You can
have
>it in bloom all times by allowing some seedlings to live each spring.  Last
>fall's seedlings behave as biennials and will bloom early in June.  To keep
>some lower and prolong the bloom season, cut them in half and allow to
>regrow.  Those will bloom in July and August.  This somewhat frostproof and
>blooms here into October.
>
>6.  Nicotiana of all kinds, the fragrant tall ones being especially good.
>This will seed itself forever.
>
>7.  Foxgloves of all kinds.  Digitalis ambigua has a longer bloom season
than
>the common ones.  These will also seed forever.
>
>8.  A suggestion for desperate color seekers.  Plant several large pots
with
>something that appeals to you.  Keep the pots in the sun and rotate one or
>two to the shady garden as the summer goes on.  Use really large pots so
the
>color is noticeable.
>
>Claire Peplowski
>East Nassau, NY (very hot and very dry this week)
>z4
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