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What can I grow in my shade house?

ledouchebag
9 years ago

Hi all, I have an area with a garden bed along the south side of my house that gets full sun from early morning to late afternoon. In summer the sun scorches the crap out of everything I plant not to mention, being long and narrow, it also acts like a wind tunnel so plants dry out as well. So I came up with the idea of covering it in with shade cloth. The question I have is: if I use 50% white shade cloth, will the area be considered deep shade, in which case I have to put in ferns and hostas what not, or will it be considered open shade (because of the tremendous amount of light that will still get through from the sun being directly overhead all day), and does this mean I'll have the opportunity to put in more sun loving plants? If so, which plants like this sort of environment?

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