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Re: [SG] Welcome <Intro>/ Donna

Hello Donna & welcome to Shade Gardens.
        Great group of knowledgeable individuals here. I enjoyed your description
of your garden and how you learned over the years. I think we all do a bit
of that one. I sure killed a lot of plants over the years placing them
where I wanted them to be rather than first meeting their needs.
        do you have many species of Anemones? That is one of my favorite genus
among shade plants.
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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> Hi.
>
> I'm in the southwest corner of British Columbia, in the Fraser Valley.
> That's USDA zone 6-8.  On five acres of  steep bush around a creek and a
> ravine with about an acre of flat garden at the top of the bluff.   It's
> surrounded on three sides by tall trees.  Mostly shady!   The exposed
side
> is south-easterly which is a blessing.
>
> I've lived here for six years and am still getting to know the
microclimates
> and understand the light patterns.  Six feet can make a bit difference.
I
> do a lot of digging up and repositioning.  When I moved here I was
> righteously appalled at what I considered to be misplaced plantings.
Now, I
> willing to admit that I spent the first five years moving things around
to
> where I thought they should be and will spend the next five correcting my
> mistakes.  But I enjoy it very much.
>
> I don't have anything fancy.  The bush very much wants to encroach
> everywhere -- ferns, thimble & salmon & black berries.  I do a lot of
> mulching and favor large leafy close-to-the-ground plants that
self-mulch.
> I'm not very good at remembering botanical names and often get them
wrong.
> I have a lot of polemonium <Jacob's Ladder> and alchemilla.  Some hosta,
> aconitum, aquilegia and anemone.  Lots of rhodos and azaleas.
>
> Thanks to Sherryl for the invitation to move past lurk mode right away.
> :-)
>
> Donna
> SouthWest BC.  USDA 6-8.
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