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Sun, Jul 18, 04 at 21:41
| Hi everyone,
I think I have miscalculated how much shade I have in my front bed.It's west facing,but with lots of mature oaks,pines and cedars.I have 7 coral bells (mint frost),3 foamflowers,1 barrenwort and 2 heuchera that are very dark purple.Also 5 songbird columbines.They were all put in this spring and all of them have had browned leaves and burnt edges.I have 2 areas where I could possibly move them. 1)the north side of my house which faces deep woods 2)behind our 2 car garage.Both of these areas are deep shade;I mean not a sliver of sunlight on either areas. Would that be too much shade?Any ideas?thanks, Denah |
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- Posted by PurdueDavid z5 IN (My Page) on Mon, Jul 19, 04 at 22:43
| Sounds more like a water problem than a sun problem. The coral bells will grow well with quite a bit of sun. I don't have any of the others listed. |
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- Posted by joepyeweed 5b IL (My Page) on Tue, Jul 20, 04 at 10:59
| the columbines can tolerate some sun too - i have some that grow prosper and do quite well in full sun. it might be a water problem - too much water - not enough water - poor drainage? dig down into the soil and see what you have for moisture say 3"-6" deep. |
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- Posted by crescent_moon virginia 6b (My Page) on Tue, Jul 20, 04 at 19:42
| Hi, I stuck my finger down in the soil about 3 inches or so.It feels rather moist,but not too wet.I did amend the bed with a lot of compost last fall before I planted it this spring. I don't think it's a drainage problem;the bed slopes down slightly.Any more ideas?Thank You! Denah |
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| It doesn't feel like a sun problem to me either. I have all of those West facing under a Red Oak. They do well. I'm less confident of the COmumbines, but all the rest will do ok in deep shade. Foam flower will flower a bit less, Coral Bells will turn a bit greener. |
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| If you amended your soil, is it possible that you overdid your fertilizer? That would cause the leaves to brown. Just a thought. Shel |
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- Posted by crescent_moon virginia 6b (My Page) on Mon, Jul 26, 04 at 21:30
| Hi Shel, Overdid the fertilizer?I never even considered that.We have pink clay on top of gray clay here at our house.I just thought it needed all the help it could get! Denah |
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