Growing vegetables in part shade?
Stephen1
22 years ago
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Are there annuals that grow in part shade that are fragrant?
Comments (19)Hi Dee :-) The best ideas come from rambling! In the business world it is called 'brainstorming'. [g] You throw out as many ideas as you can think of, no matter how remote and if you only end up with 3 out of 20 ideas that are workable, then you consider it a success. The only way that works though is if the participants feel free to suggest whatever pops into their head, even if it sounds stupid, without feeling foolish. [g] Sometimes, just a kernel of your remote idea can lead to another really 'on the money' idea. Like your ideas today....I hadn't thought of using pot in pot ideas but, that is a great idea. I normally like to do something once and be done with it, but maybe three changes a growing season would be easy enough. Spring, Summer and Fall. Pansies can go out early but won't keep pushing out blossoms when the heat comes and changing to summer plants might coincide with sales at the nurseries perhaps and Fall....I usually make up a container or two with Fall plants. Lilies and Phlox for fragrance....even if I don't use it in this container, I will think about using them in part shade more. I have 'David' and I'm planning to order more. I am also checking out lily bulbs, have any favorites? I do have Honey Bee Blue Agastache too. Don't you just love collecting seed from these? That rootbeer fragrance! I noticed last year that one had seeded not 2 feet from the trunk of a maple tree in just about complete shade and flowered. Very surprised at that one. It was a little scraggly there, but still. Kevin, I love primrose and I haven't seen any that are fragrant. You lucky duck. [g] I do have primrose and I did buy some hardy polyanthus, and come to think of it, they offer them here when they offer pansies. I might think of adding a couple with the pansies if I were doing a spring to summer change over. Thanks!...See MoreCan Dwarf Yews grow in part shade/shade?
Comments (10)all conifers will grow in shade .... your only way to find out how they will do in your shade.. is try it .... those who don't appreciate shade ... well.. they will be less vigorous... perhaps to the point of decline.. they will be off color ... they will grow lesser in all aspects of growth ... and be more gangly ... and they will eventually die, if the shade is just too dark ... i have two picea pungens selections in a hosta bed in too much shade ... their color is muted ... they grow about half the predicted growth rate .. and they seem, for lack of a better term, more feathery ... than they should be ... so they are NOT growing to the selections preconceived specifications ... all that said.. they are a unique color in the hosta beds .. and just fit in nicely .... no direct sun at all .. go figure.. the only real answer is... give it a try .. you can always move them in a year or two.. if they decline too far ... good luck ken...See Morevegetable growing under shade cloth
Comments (1)I'm only growing Tomatoes and Okra right now, so I'm not much help. But I heard the Okra loves sun, so they are getting the full brunt of the sun...my tomatoes have been under shade cloth(actually I'm using burlap), I had the thin frost cloth, but has since ripped apart from extreme UV rays?I've had them under them for at least 5 weeks or so. It is doing so much better since, they are not wilting as much and are ripening now. I would think they would all benefit from some shade during the hottest afternoon sun? Good luck!...See MoreWhat do you grow in front of your tall lilies (in part shade)?
Comments (2)A carpet rose, several columbines, a couple small daylilies (Little Grapette), a hosta, a few astilbe. The tall lilies get more sun and shade the others in front....See MoreCate
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