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How much sun?!!

17 years ago

Hi,

I'm redoing the front of our house, which is the side of our garage and is North-West facing. In the Summer the sun comes around over the house, and I believe it gets sun after around 2pm (less as we move into fall).

I'd like to put 5 hibiscus in there - 2 Lady Baltimores, 2 Blue Rivers and one other, but am a little worried about the "full sun" label on them.

Any thoughts/experiences?

thanks!

David

Comments (3)

rjj1
17 years ago
Hi David

Full sun means sun hitting the leaves from sunrise to sunset. I have one rose of sharon that only gets about 4 hours a day and is wimpy and rarely blooms. The others get no shade until a few hours before sunset and they crank out the blooms.

Bottom line is they will bloom, but not the way they would if properly placed in the landscape.

randy
davidhay
Original Author
17 years ago
Can I ask which 4 hours it gets in the day? I'm hoping that getting the full afternoon sun, and for around 6 hours, they might be ok?
rjj1
17 years ago
It gets morning sun. Sun is sun, you will just have the built up heat of the day in the afternoon. That doesn't translate into light.

randy

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