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| I am going to try to plant some shade plants in a little bed here. We have somewhat acidic clay soil.
I have seeds in WS jugs that might work, I think -- toad lily, columbine, astilbe. I am also thinking of buying a fern and a bleeding heart for it. If they do well I might make the bed wider later. I was wondering if anyone had suggestions/advice?
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| Your choices and ideas are good ones. Good luck. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Easy Shade Gardening
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- Posted by imahockeymom SW Mich--Zone 5 (My Page) on Sat, Apr 11, 09 at 21:36
| Bleeding heart can get REALLY BIG in a short period of time (depending on cultivar), so plan accordingly. If you want super-easy, you can't go wrong with hosta plants. If you want to keep things small, get a mini or dwarf hosta, or you'll be dividing every year or two. (Wish someone had given me THAT advice when I first got started with my hosta garden... I started out with too many plants too close together, and the second year my hosta bed looked like a jungle! I divided things up and was able to supply half the neighborhood with hosta divisions! LOL) I started rimming my hosta garden with impatiens, and I really like the contrast of the bright colored border in front of my mini-jungle. |
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| Stranger, thanks for the link. Imahockeymom, I didn't realize that bleeding hearts get big. I have one dicentra spectabilis tuber from I potted for now; it hasn't done anything yet -- I hope it survives. |
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