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Re: [SG] Leadwort

Hello Harry,
        Thanks very much for the explanations and clarifications on growing
Leadwort in the shade. Very much appreciated. If I had read my references
before writing you I would have had the information. I did enjoy your
personal experience with the plant more, however.
        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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> From: Harry Dewey <harryd@CAPACCESS.ORG>
> Gene Bush asked: "You grow the above plant in some degree of shade? How
> does it perform for you and how much shade? I would love to transfer some
> of this to a location up in the garden in shade with some smaller
> trees/shrubs. Would you please tell more about your use of this lovely
> plant? Any other locations and combinations?"
>
> Dear Gene: I'm growing Ceratostigma plumbaginoides in full, but high,
> shade.  By "high shade" I mean, of course, that while the sun does not
> shine on the planting at all, it does get LOTS of light.  Although the
> shade is provided in my case by trees (to the south of the plants), as at
> Brookside Gardens), you would get the same result if you grew it on the
> north side of a house with no trees.  In my garden, it is not only in
> high shade, but in DRY shade.  We have had, in the Washington DC suburbs,
> only six inches of rain this summer, and I have been watering the garden
> heavily every day.  But I've directed very little water onto the
> leadwort, and I have the impression that it is very drouth-resistant.
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