Re: [SG] intro & deep shade question; zone 5a
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- Subject: Re: [SG] intro & deep shade question; zone 5a
- From: M* T* <m*@CLARK.NET>
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 20:26:03 -0500
Well, I've got H. sieboldiana and a cultivar of same, whose name I don't
know, growing at the base of a huge oak surrounded by 4 Cornus florida -
don't get a speck of sun and the shade is *very * dense once the trees
have leafed out. Doing fine...both about 30" in diameter or so....been
there about 7 years.
Have a few more in similar conditions. But, of course, I am 2 zones warmer
than you are and that can make quite a difference on shade/sun requirements
and tolerance for a whole range of plants. In my part of the world, hosta
burn up by August in more than morning or dappled sun.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Clyde Crockett <CCREDUX@AOL.COM>
> Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 7:08 PM
>
> Please advise. I do not know of any hosta that grows well in "fairly
dense
> shade." BUT---I should like to know.
> Thks!
>
> Clyde Crockett z5 Indy IN <ccredux@aol.com
