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| I have a south facing terrace in my yard, and am having some troubles getting plants to thrive. Some survive, but none ever really look great. In the winter, when the sun is low, the area gets a good 5 hours of deep shade in the middle of the day. It is shaded by an evergreen parkway tree that is city property (cannot prune). In the summer when the sun is high, the area is full sun, no shade at all, and gets very hot and dry. I am in Los Angeles, have clay soil. The area gets watered about once a week. Currently have lavender there. Any ideas for the area would be much appreciated! |
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- Posted by Fascist_Nation USDA 9b, Sunset 13, (My Page) on Sat, Feb 23, 13 at 13:50
| Choose something appropriate for your area that you find desirable. Note these are edibles for the most part. There should be plenty of non-edibles tolerant or even thriving with only partial shade. Of course some things may go dormant for winter...or even summer. I think I would try the alpine, musk and lipstick strawberries. Or plant a pecan tree to get the area overhead shade (dappled) in the summer that I could then plant under.. SHADE TOLERANT Partial Shade Bamboo |
Here is a link that might be useful: List from Raintree Nursery
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