Needed plant for sun/shade deck
Garden Mist
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HAVE: lots of perennials for sun, want shade plants
Comments (1)I have Italian alum and hardy cyclamen. Both will grow under trees. The alum can be invasive here but shouldn't be in your climate. These are both fall foliage plants. The cyclamen will bloom in fall and is a pink bloom....See MoreNeed help with Shade & Sun Garden
Comments (22)That is fantastic, Yardvaark! Thank you so much for your input. I started moving plants around this weekend. I think its going to start getting cold here in NC pretty soon. I am reading up on propagating a ground cover. Believe it or not there is creeping myrtle in the garden already. I may try to make that work or creeping phlox. For the tall tree I need to find something that can withstand our bad ice-storms here. Last year we lost a few trees and one fell on my husbands car. I like the planting around the Camellia. Is that a grass?...See MoreSun Lovers in Shade---Shade lovers in Sun?
Comments (13)all plants need sunlight ... usually ... when a plant is said to be a shade plant ... it is really about whether the plant can pump enough water.. during the heat of the day .. to survive ... if the plant can NOT ... then it tends to be called a shade plant ... a great many plants labeled as such.. are shade TOLERANT .... the best example of this.. is that ALL hosta in Britian ... are considered full sun plants ... and most the british authors claim such ... there are two reasons for this... the first is that they at at 60 degrees north ... the actual sunlight is considerably lesser in intensity that far north ... compared to most of us in the states.. that are 45 degrees north and less [there is a highway sign in the middle of MI that says we are half way to the north poles .. 45 degrees] .. and this is one reason.. the brits are a rather pasty peeps.. lol ... you probably couldnt tan there if you wanted too ... lol ... that said... they are also subject to a lot of cloudy weather ... so that even if they plant in full sun ... its rarely ever out.. lol ... here in the states ... anywhere north of the mason dixon line.. hosta can be full sun plants... especially if your soil can hold enough water during the heat of the day ... as compared to say.. my sand ... the only thing that happens... is that they can start looking ratty ... earlier in the season .... many of the northern wholesalers ... in fact.. field grow them in full sun [or used to anyway] ... to increase the root masses.. as they really dont care how they will look at harvest .... on the opposite side ... many of the full sun plants ... are the big flower plants... and if you are going to burn all that energy.. to produce giant flower displays ... you arent going to be growing them in shade... the best example ... is that roses ... the big hybrid Ts ... will not thrive in the shade ... mind you.. they wont die.. they will just grow more green leaves.. rather than flowers .... when it all boils down ... its not really about what the tag says.. or some resource ... sun .. like many other variables.. is a micro climate issue ... subject to soil.. location ... watering protocol.. etc there!!! .. more than you ever wanted to know.. lol ... just try it... and let us know.. how it works out in your garden .... ken...See MoreWhat would you plant here? Part sun part shade planter.
Comments (21)Liriope looks ideal; right height, ok in the shade. However, not sure how "evergreen" it is; I'll continue to study but it looks like it dies back in winter in cold climates? Then in the sunny part of the planter could put annuals... Gardengal48...it's funny - my wife sees how city workers rotate flowers from their greenhouse and she says, "oh we should do that in the beds in front!". The beds in front are fairly huge and she has no idea of the work or cost to rotate annuals twice a year or more, so I agree with you on annuals! I'm looking up all the other great suggestions now!...See More
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