Need a plant for morning shade, afternoon sun
jenn
18 years ago
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Morning sun plants in afternoon sun area
Comments (4)Thought I said "welcome to Gardenweb above," meant to! What you suggest is reasonable to augment shade. You could use lattice, sheer curtain, shade cloth, whatever would suit your setup. There's no such thing as a morning sun only plant, as it seems you already suspect. It's an easy instruction for plants that can be overwhelmed by too much sun and/or afternoon heat. You may be able to adequately shade, but will the heat radiating around it be too much anyway? Something to consider. In nature, shade is not adjacent to heat baking off of a building. A bonsai needs specialized regular maintenance for both the foliage and roots to maintain its' shape and ability to stay in a small shallow pot, which could need to be watered twice a day when it's hot, even with some shade. Not that anyone who wants to can't learn, but may not be what you had in mind. If you just like the look of a little potted tree, it would be a lot cheaper and easier to maintain many other plants that have not been or need to be "bonsai'ed" to live in a (much bigger) pot. That's one of the cool thing about plants, several different ones can look almost the same yet have quite different origins and culture....See MoreMorning sun plants in afternoon sun area
Comments (4)I didn't have specific plants just yet, but one idea was an Azalea. I was reading some plant descriptions on ones I liked and some say "Morning sun with afternoon shade only" So I was looking into a solution to prevent them from getting too hot and still get enough sun on the west side of a building. (Afternoon sun only area). Will some shade cloth work? Something like a tight mesh over it?...See MoreMorning Shade, afternoon sun?
Comments (13)who is in OR?? poster in british columbia canada??? esh in GA ... the inclination of the sun ... the intensity of the light in GA.. may as well put esh on mars .. lol ... once you get the sun thing in mind.. then you can start thinking regionally .... and those peeps south of the mason-dixon line .... KY/TN state line ... may as well be considered tropical .. compared to us in the the great white north... so you MIGHT get away .. with a bit more afternoon sun .. than they can .... then you throw in ... that the the wind currents of BC caused by the pacific ... you are actually a VERY BIZARRE zone 8 ... zone being MINIMUM winter temp ONLY ... you stay warmer because of the ocean effect .... more than would be indicated for how north you are ... because you are technically north of my great white north MI.. but warmer in winter.. go figure on all that ... so even though you are north of me.. you have warmer winters than me... whats that all about.. lol .. i have 1500 hosta ... the light went on for me.. after getting a beautiful hosta book by a british author ... and she listed nearly every hosta as full sun .... and after changing my whole database ... i realized that her full sun .. was not my full sun ... and it had everything to do with latitude ... the ladder to the northpole .. i am just below 45 degrees north.. or half way to the pole ... GBrit is near 60 degrees north ... and their version of full sun.. is much weaker than i am ... so they can grow.. what i call a shade plant.. in full sun ... GIVEN ENOUGH water and good soil ... etc.. etc. blah.. blah .. blah ... anyway.. i digress .. check out the link, and have a good day ken Here is a link that might be useful:...See MoreWhat should I plant in an 'morning shade/afternoon sun' spot?
Comments (2)You haven't said whether there is anything there at present, so I am assuming not. As you are planting in a long narrow strip, you will need some shrubs for the "back bone" of your garden--somethings that will provide some interest while your perennials are growing and before they bloom. I also imagine that this is a side of your home--generally side plantings require some height to offset the long and narrow aspect of the space. A mix of evergreen and deciduous shrubs is also desireable so that you continue to have some interest in winter. You don't have to do this all at once, but you should consider purchasing a few shrubs each year. Look for an upright/columnar evergreen, maybe some boxwood, hydranga should do well with this exposure, as long as it is well watered, and will give you blooms as well. There are also some roses that will do ok with this amount of sun. Rose of Sharon (not a rose) is a lovely arching shrub with beautiful blooms; magnolia is another possibility. For perennials, look at coneflower, monarda, as well as those listed above....See Morelyael
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