What to plant on the north side of tomato plants?
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Comments (3)Sonali, considering the setbacks on typical properties in SF Bay Area, I am wondering if your side yard may be actually about 5ft wide, with 1.5-2ft of planting area and the rest paving? If such is the case, then you can easily plant semi-dwarf varieties of fruit trees like Peach or Apricot (my neighbor has it exactly in similar spot and they are going gangbusters). With semi dwarf sizes, the tree crown can go over the fence and get plenty sunlight. Blueberries would do well as well but you will have to carefully maintain acidity in the ground. If you decide to mix edible and ornamentals, consider Azaleas and Camellias distributed with Blueberries. Another suggestion is birch fern (or fern birch?) -- It's a very vertical growing ornamental plant with leaves looking like fern. It will provide a good privacy screen if such is your intent. Lastly, if your aim is to purely provide a green touch, try a passion vine or jasmines. They will fill the wall in no time....See MorePlants for north side of house with afternoon sun?
Comments (3)You didn't mention the size of the area - are you looking for small shrubs or low growing flowers & groundcovers? If it's next to a driveway did you check the dirt to see if it's high pH? (One of my areas is high alkaline from all the limestone used around the foundation & under the asphalt.) I've got a similar areas. Yews, itea and swamp pumilla dogwood does well. (It's also close to a walnut tree so it's got that issue too.) Daylilies may do well, ferns, lily-of-the-valley, and sweet woodruff. I have a beauty-berry I might move to this area depending on how it does in its current location....See MoreTomato Plants In Wal-Mart in western North Texas
Comments (6)Of course it made sense. I usually put them outside whenever the temperatures are 50 degrees or above, day or night. I have to be really careful about not forgetting and letting them stay outside at night. Sometimes we have these amazingly hot winter and early spring days that still are followed by cold nights. Remember when you first take them outside, if they have been raised indoors they must be hardened off first or sunburn and windburn can kill them in one day. I harden off indoor seedings for 1 hour the first day, 2 the second day, etc. The plants I bought at Wal-Mart today look nice and hardened-off already, so I'll keep them outside as much as I possibly can so they don't lose the ability to tolerate the sun and wind. I have them on the sun porch right now where they are enjoying watching it rain. If we're warm enough tomorrow, I'll put them out in the sun. The first tomato of the year is so wonderful, and I love it even more when I'm picking it and we're eating it in April instead of June. Last year it warmed up so fast in February that I planted four of the early tomato plants in a large, round stock tank 4' in diameter that was too big to carry indoors. It was a leap of faith to do that, but it paid off and those plants gave us ripe fruit from April through August or September. I don't know if I'll be that brave two years in a row, though....See MoreHeirloom Tomato Plants North Shore
Comments (2)Thanks for the tip. I've already gotten my heirloom tomatos from Goose Cove Gardens in Gloucester, but I'm intrigued by the coleus you describe. Always good to know another source!...See Moreprairiemoon2 z6b MA
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