Re: roses for part shade was: Shrubs for shade
- To: woodyplants@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: roses for part shade was: Shrubs for shade
- From: B* W*
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 08:30:33 -0600
Marge,
Thank you--I am printing out your message for reference. We have almost
entirely partial to full shade and the main sun is morning sun. That last
part has been good for me as a newbie as few things get baked by the sun
and, therefore, meet untimely ends by other means :). The struggle is
trying to temper my new gardening "education" with the fact that all the
bright, showy, most obvious flowers prefer sun. I have checked your
articles several times and have been on both the perennial and woody plant
lists for quite a while. Both are wonderful and I have a "catalogue" of
suggestions, but we have a *lot* of planting to do--and even then it's
never enough! Right now, I am collecting ideas for shrubs in shade, so
this thread is very helpful. Thanks again.
Bob
NE Kansas
Zone 5b
At 12:20 AM 01/19/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Blanc Double de Coubert does, indeed, do well in partial shade. Have
>had her, along with R. rugosa, 'Belle Poitevine' and the autumn
>damask, R. damascena bifera, growing and blooming for me in, at most,
>3 hours direct sun - rest high shade, for close on 20 years. I do
>not get repeat bloom, however, on the autumn damask, as it is
>supposed to do. Have always put this down to the fact that it is not
>in full sun. However, May bloom on all three has been fine all these
>years, if the deer don't eat all the buds. FWIW, my local herd seems
>to prefer the damask to the rugosa roses.
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