Looks great! What are the sun levels in those areas?

About six hours for the Procumbens and Losely, 4-5 for the Chaemy, and up to seven for the Bush's Lace. It is such a strange location and house orientation...the light comes and goes through the day in most spots, and is pretty shady in others. It was a challenge.

Homeowner did take down a couple more trees, that could change the light. It certainly did wreak havoc on the ligularia I planted. Gonna have to move those, now, I think.

It does look perfect, good work!

You certainly have a good eye in choosing great conifers.

A nice touch of color and balance.

Good job.

Dave

Thank you both, very much! That was a big job, very involved. I learned a LOT on that one!

You might want to rethink the placement of that 'Gracilis'.
Here's a picture of a trunk of one of mine.
Mike
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Good stuff, Greenhaven. Re: ligularia-I have been surprised at how much sun this shade perennial can take. Of course, adequate moisture must be available, but it seems just fine in near full-sun. I had a shade garden at our old office entrance. Then one of the managers had the brilliant idea of removing darn near all the shade-providing trees. But some of the plants have been okay, such as the ligularia.

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Tom, that surprises me...I have seen so much lost ligularia due to sun, and these just seem to wilt the moment the sun touches them. I encouraged the homeowner to keep giving them adequate watering, and keep an eye on them as they adjust to their new home.

Mike, holy cow! I have never seen one that big around here, was told it would take many years to get six foot across. Here's hoping that this will be a case of "everything grows bigger on the west coast." :o/ Our zone 5 will make a big difference in the growth rate, regardless.

No doubt ligularia is a thirsty genus. If adequate moisture can be provided, they'll take a fair amount of sun. Thing is though, they will still wilt in mid-day sun, only to recover later in the day. I'm not, or shouldn't seem to be recommending this group as generally okay for full sun though. To that extent, I erred.

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Oh, no, I didn't see your post as recommendation for full sun at all! I know better anyway. I believe they will do better when they have gotten themselves established.

GH, who was your source for the conifers btw? They are nice sized... especially the BL.

I bought them at a local nursery, local-ish, anyway. I do believe they buy in a bit from Iseli in addition to growing on a lot of their own stuff. J. Carlson Growers in Rockford. Loving the BL, and thinking that one will be my first large addition to my first conifer garden. The others I have collected so far are shrub-sized and -shaped.