Shade Loving Plants for Hummingbirds
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WANTED: Shade Loving Plants for my mom
Comments (3)Hi, Would love to help........I can send you 3 Yellow Cannas, geraniums, or divisions of my cast iron plant. Would love to trade for your un-named Day lilies.....What colors and size do you have? Plese email me if interested @ k_pedersen@bellsouth.net...See MoreWANTED: wanted; these shade plants for my sun plants
Comments (0)Hi - Here, are a few plants I am looking for to put in a shade garden. Here are just a few plants I am looking for; lady ferns southern wood ferns hostas ajugas astilbes chelone/ turtleheads geraniums wild ginger/ quicksilver epimediums; Frohnleiten Ellen Willmott Splishsplash oakleaf hydrangeas I am switching a sun garden to a shade garden. Let me know. Thank you, Mistee For the trade - I can offer these plants: Hi - I have these for sun, perennials for trade. These plants, never need replacing as they are perennials. I ,am needing shade loving plants. I, would like some perennials. All of these plants are mature, there are no small starts. You, will be getting mature plants. Plants: pink pampass grass, tallish plant. morning glory vine , large electric purple blooms, large heart shaped leaves. tall bearded iris, yellow blooms. fragrant serviceberry bush, pinkish white blooms fragrant , evergreen privet bush, white blooms. variegated, evergreen vinca vine, blue blooms, ground cover. jewel of opar , tallish plants succulent bright green leaves- pink star shaped blooms. mexican petunias , tallish plants bright purple blooms. ornamental grass - monkey grass, spikey purple blooms, ground cover. artemesia , silver grey - grey fuzzy foliage tallish plant. red yucca, nice accent plant with long spike covered in small red flowers, tallish plant. fragrant corkscrew vine, curling purpley,white blooms. red salvia, fragrant tallish plant with red tubular blooms that the hummingbirds love to visit. cuttings; hardy red hibiscus , large red blooms hummingbird bush , red tubular blooms rose of sharon, large lavender blooms I am in zone 8a, Texas. I ship, priority with delivery confirmation and would like the same. I hope, we can trade! I prefer, a multi - plant trade to maximize on the postage. Thanks for looking, Mistee...See MoreWANTED: Shade Loving Plants for my mom
Comments (2)Donna, is she in zone 9 too? Most of my yard is full sun too but I have a few things that do OK with quite a bit of shade. I don't have plants to dig and split but I would be happy to send cuttings. - firebush (gets huge in sun but stays more managable in shade - angel wing begonias - cat's whiskers - mine get lots of shade now that the trees have grown and they do just fine like that. Kate...See MoreI Give Up.......Small Rant
Comments (10)Thanks so much Christy and Annette. I have a few hostas, but have never noticed hummers at them. I finally have some pictures (VERY PICTURE HEAVY) sorry: PLEASE help me!!!! Here they are with descriptions: Please excuse any mess you see, my yard is a very slow work in progress... A SouthEast View of my house and yard - (There is a large tree directly behind me and the camera that helps block a lot of the sun). If you look closer, I have dug up a large area along the whole deck for flowers. You can see it better in the next picture. NOTE: Please excuse the bad looking deck, it is in progress of being sanded and stained. I KNOW, that is a Crimson King Maple (non-native, it was here when we purchased the house). Every winter (a little at a time), I plant on limbing it up so more sun can get in). I just expanded my planting area under the tree (another Work In Progress) and just planted red and white impatiens (can't see them yet, just planted), also have a couple of hostas, a Jack Frost (my FAVORITE plant), some ground cover, birdbath, the trunk of a tree with fake rabbits sitting on top and a fake large mushroom in it. It is really beautiful, you just can't see it very well right now and plants have not filled out yet. This is a closeup view of in front of the deck where I want to put my Lady in Red and Coral Nymph (right there in that corner, it gets the most sun, but still not tons) My Lady in Red all planted in its whiskey barrel. I will be planting my Coral Nymph in a whiskey barrel too when I get paid in a few days. This is the view of the house & yard from the opposite side above. There is a Tree directly behind me in this picture also (not fully grown yet). My house and this tree helps block the East Rising Sun but some early sun does get in. Here is a little bed I was going to make, about 10x12. Sorry about the mess, I am trying to kill the grass and of course the ground will have to be evened out. I was going to put my hummer flowers here, but it surely does not get enough sun (a couple hours sun and some dappled). This picture is facing the right side of my fenced in VERY LARGE back yard (where the dogs and the squirrels hang out). Picture taken faces Southwesterly. This picture was taken off my front deck (looking out onto my two large conifers (Junipers) and my bird station. The area where the bird station is only gets dappled sunlight (extremely shady area) Pictures of flowers I purchased, big letdown (almost). Coral Nymph, Salvia Splendens, Aquilegia Swan Lavender and Swan Red & White (the red and white is pink) Columbine Hybrids?. Apparently, even though listed on the back of the tags on these, they ARE NOT attractive to hummers I have learned, Yarrow Moonshine (just because I wanted it so badly because I love yellow flowers), but it is going to be a big letdown because I hear this absolutely needs full sun, and some Creeping Jenny (which I know I will find a place for). Two hanging plants I purchased: Fuchsia (which later I learned will not attract hummers), because it is not a certain kind of Fuchsia, but I just love the colors on this plant and will buy it every year, it is just stunning in real life, much better than the picture taken......and Pansy's which I learned will also not attract hummers. Again, please help me if you can....or maybe I will just plant all hostas in my yard......I like/love hostas just not everywhere :(...See Moremccordmw
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