afternoon sun
- Subject: afternoon sun
- From: N* S*
- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 07:51:21 -0400
Anyone have a suggestion for a tall'ish perennial, or a small'ish bush, that
will bloom and not wilt in a few hours of very hot afternoon sun a day?
(Rest of the day is shade.) This small bed is in front of a white wall that
radiates heat and is bookended by two old yews that seem to steal all the
water. The only things that have done all right in this location are hostas,
ferns, Oriental lilies, a small weeping Japanese maple and a small clethra
('Hummingbird'). Many plants won't bloom, hydrangeas and Japanese anemones
droop, and astilbes burn to a crisp. Even impatiens gets a bit, well,
impatient. This is the front of my house so I would like something to be
going on.
TIA,
Nancy S. (zone 6B, NYC)
