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Plantynut
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| | Posted on Sunday, May 22, 2005 - 06:12 pm EST : |   
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Larry (treelover) mentioned it in the Aquilegias Forum. I have a shady spot in the back of my garden that I usually plant with impatiens and I am tired of doing that. Has anyone ever had any success with a shade loving wildflower mix of seeds? Is there such a thing?
Arlene Zone 7 Long Island, NY |
Sunnyday2day
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| | Posted on Sunday, May 22, 2005 - 06:43 pm EST : |
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This comes from my neck of the woods Arlene...
wildflower mix for shade
I've planted them and they do come up.
Sunnyday2day
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Plantynut
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| | Posted on Sunday, May 22, 2005 - 06:54 pm EST : |
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A lot of the flowers in the mix surprise me. Most of them (I thought)are sun lovers.
Arlene Zone 7 Long Island, NY |
Galanthophile
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| | Posted on Monday, May 23, 2005 - 03:33 pm EST : |
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I've set a small patch of my garden over to wild flowers and the insects just love them.
Galanthophile
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Zone "8"
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Lulubelle
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| | Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 10:03 am EST : |
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Arlene, what about filling it with hostas and/or bleeding hearts?
Lulubelle, zone 5, Quebec, Canada |
Plantynut
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| | Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 10:09 am EST : |
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Lucy I am not wild about hostas but I have some I could move there. I did have bleeding hearts there but moved them up to the patio to enjoy them more.
Arlene Zone 7 Long Island, NY |
Gardenbug
| | Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 10:18 am EST : |
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I am not happy with many of the filler plants in wildflower mixes. Grasses are a large component of many of them. I'd get seeds for individual shade plants you enjoy. Columbine works for me in mottled shade. Then there are trilliums, fairy bells, primulas of all sorts, thalictrums, ferns, pulmonaria, martagon lilies, etc...
Gardenbug Ontario zone 4b/5b |
Lulubelle
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| | Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 10:32 am EST : |
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I used to fill this area of mine with impatiens as well. Now here is what it looks like.....
Lulubelle, zone 5, Quebec, Canada |
Lilybeetle
| | Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 11:54 am EST : |
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Very nice Lucy. Does the foliage on your bleeding hearts stay nice all season. I tried the large ones but found that they died back in June and turned yellow. Now I only have the dwarf ones but they don't have the showy hearts of the regular ones.
Lilybeetle
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Lulubelle
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| | Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 12:02 pm EST : |
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Thank you, Kim! The foliage does turn yellow and die toward the end of spring, early summer, so I cut it back, and my hostas grow into the gaps. It does fill up nicely.
Lulubelle, zone 5, Quebec, Canada |
Kniphofia
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| | Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 07:14 pm EST : |
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Arlene there are so many shade loving natives you could grow.
How about Erythronium, Heuchera, ferns, Asarum, Kalmia, Anemone, Trillium.....
I'm sure our experts in the Shade Garden forum could advise you.
I'd really like to create a shade area in my garden as there are so many woodland natives I'd like to grow.
Do keep us posted on your project!
Kniphofia
- Maine,
Zone "4"
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Plantynut
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| | Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 09:25 pm EST : |
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I will. I really just want a cover for all the weeds that gather there. It's the armpit of my backyard. And deep shade.
Arlene Zone 7 Long Island, NY |
Susanq
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| | Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 - 12:16 am EST : |
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I've struggled with this issue also, Arlene. I have an area under very tall pine trees that I have always planted with impatiens with very large hosta in the background. I have still not found a plant that fills this area of shade to part-shade with constant color as well as impatiens. This year, I am trying to add a few more perennials. As a trial I have planted Astilbe, other hostas and I'm also trying Endless Summer hydrangeas.
SusanQ - Zone 4b-5b Wisconsin |
Plantynut
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| | Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 - 07:24 am EST : |
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But Susan doesn't the hydrangea need full sun? I added one of those to a sunny spot last week (assuming that one day soon we really will have sun again!).
I already have a few astilbe there.
Arlene Zone 7 Long Island, NY |
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| | Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 - 08:01 am EST : |
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Some hydrangeas are perfectly suited to shade. They might be the answer
Galanthophile
- Ann (Northern England),
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Lilybeetle
| | Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 - 08:14 am EST : |
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You might also try one of the Northern lights azaleas. I have four and they are quite lovely though they don't bloom for a long time. The one that is in shade has done the best (I'll post when it comes into bloom). Also have you tried ajuga for a ground cover. It works well for me here and is easy to underplant with small bulbs.
Lilybeetle
- Ontario,
Zone "4B"
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Gardenbug
| | Posted on Friday, May 27, 2005 - 09:55 am EST : |
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I enjoy hydrangea 'Limelight' in a very shady area with hostas and ferns. Here you see it in August of last year.
I see you have white bleeding hearts. They would make a wonderful mass of early beauty!
Perhaps add a touch of blue mertensia too.
Gardenbug Ontario zone 4b/5b |
