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Fertilizers for Beginner Shade Garden

mjjgm
13 years ago

I am a beginner and, after reading a lot, and purchased a few different fertilizers, as follows:

Bone Meal 6-9-0
Osmocote 19-6-12

Osmocote Plus 15-9-12

Miracle Grow Water Soluble All Purpose 24-8-16

Bio-Tone Starter Plus 4-3-3

It seems like everywhere I read someone is recommending something different for fertilizer. I buy something and then read how to fertilize a different plant and says 'go buy this one' that I don't have!

Below is a (long!) list of things I have. Many are seedlings that I started about four weeks ago. Tree & shrubs are from the store and a bit bigger. I read that using half watered down fertilizer on seedlings is best. (Is the Bio-tone already low enough?)

Any advice on how to fertilize any plant below using one or more of the fertilizers I already own if possible would be awesome!

Purple Red Bud Tree

Kousa Dogwood

Bloodgood Japanese Maple

Dwarf Jap. Maple (Acer palmatum 'atropurpureum')

PeeGee Hydrangea

Nikko Blue Hydrangea

Various Azaleas (not sure type since already in yard)

Varigated Japanese Aucuba

Autumn Joy Sedum

Delphinium

Lupine

Fox Glove (dwarf & reg.)

Astilbe

Japanese Toad Lily

Coleus

Elephant Ear

Caladium

Hosta

Acidanthera

Impatiens

Lamium

Blue Star Creeper

Lamb's Ear

Blackie Sweet Potato Vine

Club Moss

Ajuga Mahogony

Bleeding Heart

Dahlia

Ebony Knight Mondo Grass

Liriope

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