Do we live to,,, Re: afternoon sun
- Subject: Do we live to,,, Re: [SG] afternoon sun
- From: s*
- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 20:10:36 -0500
,,, transform the world ? , or be changed by it !
You have posed a Question that only you can answer. That is, what must
change.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kitasei" <hilary@KITASEI.COM>
To: <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [SG] afternoon sun
> Paint the wall to absorb the heat.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PRIMROSES [s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU]On Behalf Of
> Nancy Stedman
> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 7:51 AM
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: [SG] afternoon sun
>
>
> 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)
