RE: Dry shade perennials/shrubs
- To: "'woodyplants@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: Dry shade perennials/shrubs
- From: S* S*
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 08:57:58 -0800
Wow, Marilyn, quite a list! Thanks so much. Do you happen to know if the
cornus everyone is talking about around here (I think it's Hedgerow's Gold
or something like that) is also a stolonifera? I've had my eye on it for
quite some time.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marilyn Dube [m*@teleport.com]
> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 10:13 AM
> To: woodyplants@mallorn.com
> Subject: RE: Dry shade perennials/shrubs
>
>
> Hi Susan, I have had good luck with all of the following in
> dry shade -
>
> Acuba - either the gold spotted or white variegated really
> light up the
> shade
> Aruncus dioicus - our native goatsbeard 6' in bloom (huge fluffy white
> plumes June-July, like giant Astilbe)
> Camellia - any dwarf variety - sorry I don't know the name of mine, it
> topped out at 5' and never gets taller, just gets wider
> Clethra alnafolia - Summersweet 4-6', fragrant spikes of
> white or pink in
> mid summer.
> Cornus stolonifera - either the red twig 6', or the yellow twig, C.
> flavimira 4', another great "bird bush"
> Cornus elegantissima 'Alba' - wonderful white variegated
> leaves w/red stems
> Cotoneaster parneyii - mine is now 8'x10' but its never been
> pruned, only
> thinned out. Great weeping stems, pink flowers, red berries
> Fuchsia magellanica - any cultivar or the species 5'
> Hypericum 'Albury Purple' 4' great wine purple foliage or
> 'Glacier '3'
> variegated cream & pink
> Kalmia latifolia-many cultivars 4-6' depending on variety. Evergreen,
> excellent buds and flowers of pink, red & white
> Leycesteria formosa - Himalayan Honeysuckle - tall bamboo like stems,
> fantastic chains of flowers & berries birds relish, blooms aug-nov
> Lonicera 'Arnold's Red' - bush Honeysuckle - 5-6' hot magenta
> flowers in
> Feb-May and repeats 2 or 3 times through the season for me.
> Nandina domestica 'Moyer's Red' 4-5'(great berries & fall
> color, new leaves
> are red)
> Pieris japonica - any variety 4-6'. I grow 3 that are very
> happy in dry
> shade.
> Ribes sanguineum - can be kept to 6' with annual pruning
> (fantastic flower
> display February-May, great bird thicket)
> Salal, Salmonberry, Snowberry and many more of our own PNW natives.
> Sambucus nigra 'Variegata' white, 'Madonna' gold, 'Guincho'
> purple - another
> native, great understory shrub
> Spiraea ' Goldflame' 3-4' - excellent foliage color 3
> seasons, hot magenta
> flowers, rebloomswhich the early robins polish off with gusto.
> Vaccinium ovatum - Evergreen Huckleberry - 5-6', flowers like
> Pieris and
> small dark blue edible fruit if you have the patience to pick them.
> Weigela florida 'Variegata' 5' - beautiful cream variegated
> leaves, pink
> flowers in spring - very handsome
>
> There are many "sun" plants that do just fine in the shade
> but it does take
> a bit of experimenting :) (in other words, I've killed lots of plants
> finding the ones that do well in dry shade! :)
>
> Marilyn Dube'
> Natural Designs Nursery
> Portland, Oregon
> Zone 8b
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com
> [owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
> Behalf Of Saxton,
> Susan
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 9:45 AM
> To: 'perennials@mallorn.com'
> Subject: RE: Dry shade perennials/shrubs
>
> Thank you to all who responded. I will keep your suggestions as this
> planting scenario has always been a challenge for me.
>
> But I have one other comment. Seems that most of what
> everyone suggested
> are spring bloomers or shorter perennials.
>
> Any suggestions for things that get 4-6' for dry semi-shade?
>
>
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