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Foundation plants for shade in Zone 8B
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Posted by alteredstate 8b (My Page) on Tue, Oct 26, 04 at 14:49
| I'm planting a shade garden along the side of my garage. I'm putting in azaleas, fatsias, toad lilies, hostas, lenten roses, and other shade-loving plants. Can someone suggest foundation plants? I've heard mahonia will grow well in shade. Thanks! |
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RE: Foundation plants for shade in Zone 8B
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| Did you leave off camellias on purpose? How about tea olive? |
RE: Foundation plants for shade in Zone 8B
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| I'm planting a couple of camellias, too. Thanks for suggesting tea olive. I love tea olives, but didn't realize they do well in shade! |
RE: Foundation plants for shade in Zone 8B
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| Where are you in SC? I'm wondering which hostas and lenten roses you have found that do well around here as I've never had any luck with them. Do you have named varieites? Other evergreens that I can think of are acubas, some viburnums, fatsehedra. Things that die back or lose their leaves would be hydrangeas, caladiums, ginger lilies, firespike, phillipine violet, columbine. Most need some sun...either morning or filtered. Foundation planting always stumps me. It is so hard to find any variety and I hate just doing the same things everyone does. |
RE: Foundation plants for shade in Zone 8B
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| Thanks for the suggestions! I'm on Johns Island and haven't grown hostas or lenten roses here before, but I'm going buy a few from Cross Seed and hope they make it! |
RE: Foundation plants for shade in Zone 8B
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| There are lots of plants that will thrive in shade. Florida Anise, Aspidistra and Acuba are a few that come to mind...
Hope you enjoy this climate! I am your neighbor over here on James Island~ |
RE: Foundation plants for shade in Zone 8B
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| Mahonias grow in deep shade in my yard. Good luck! |
RE: Foundation plants for shade in Zone 8B
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| I have lots of different ferns in my shade garden. |
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