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Tue, Feb 4, 03 at 11:00
| I have an area with two dogwoods and a few very small azalea bushes. I would like some suggestions on what I can plant with these that will add color until my azaleas fill out.
Thanks, Brenda gardening2003@aol.com |
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| Fairy primrose (Primula malacoides) is an annual spring bloomer (mine last into early summer). Cyclamen will also like the semi-shade. Another annual if you can find them, is Schizanthus. Very colorful for semi-shade. |
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| Caladiums are beautiful with azaleas & they love shade. There are LOTS of lovely patterns, too. |
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| I finally got tired of waiting for my azaleas to fill out, and this year I planted silver castle artemisia, and coleus. It looks very nice.....I just cut the coleus back down to height of the azaleas a week ago. Next year I will repeat. To get extra artemisia was amazingly easy. I cut tips off new growth in spring and put them in dirt. ALL rooted, and I kept putting new out with azaleas. THe contrast in colors is nice.Coleus root easily in water from cuttings off existing coleus you get in spring....so, all in all it is a cheap filler. |
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