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[SG] New Shade Garden in the Making
To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: [SG] New Shade Garden in the Making
From: "* J* <a*@COSHOCTON.COM>
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 22:49:14 -0400
Hello Everyone;
I'm new here too. Searched out the site because
we're going to tackle our woods next. It's only an acre but there is a
lot to do before it's ready to plant. My husband has been wonderful about
doing anything out there that I get a notion to do. He just recently put
in the second lily pool and re-did the water fall. Now it's on to bigger
and better things! Last year he bought a fairly substantial wood chipper
and cut out piles of small trash trees. There are still some left
that I go out and mark every few days, when I decide who needs to go by
standing in the kitchen window and gazing out. I know this isn't very scientific,
but it's the method I use.
The biggest problem for me is the poison ivy! Any
quick-fix suggestions? I am red haired and fair skinned, and extremely
allergic to the stuff.
The woods are slopping and dry, hope you will be
able to make suggestions for this type of terrain.
We are in southeast central Ohio. On the edge of
zones 5 and 6.
The woods in this area of Ohio are filled with any
number of beautiful native plants. Unfortunately, all we have here are
a few Cardinal Flowers. I am open to any and all suggestions as to what
you think would do well. I have many shade plants around the house, pools
and walls. But am not sure if they are suitable for the dry woods.
BTW Clyde; I'm partial to Omphalodes cappadocica
'Cherry Ingram' I use to have a small green house myself. 20
x 70 and tried to raise as many non-traditional plants as I possibly could.
I only wish I had been able to get into hosta at that time. Unfortunately
there was NO shade on that property at all, and knew growing shade plants
for display would be fruitless.