Hydrangea morning shade afternoon sun
mattp321
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Morning 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 MoreMorning sun, afternoon shade
Comments (4)i like to think of it being more of a function of heat .... morning sun.. cool .. afternoon sun .... hot ... all plants transpire or sweat ... they give off water ... some plants.. give off more than they can take up in afternoon sun ... e.g. .. i have a few hosta... and they do NOT like afternoon sun ... they wont die.. they just start looking like heck in late summer ... hydrangea.. would fall in that category ... IMHO ... as noted directly above... its all a function of your ability to give them enough water .... good luck ken...See MoreRecommendation for morning sun, afternoon shade
Comments (3)In the pink to reddish range I have Ville de Lyon, Gravetye Beauty and another texensis hybrid, perhaps Princes Diana, that grow all in eastern exposures along a building and so only get morning sun. These all have type 3 pruning (see FAQs for pruning directions.) I have a white Guernsey Cream that gets only a few hours of sun around late morning to early afternoon, so would probably do well as in your setting. This is type 2 pruner. I don't grow Sweet Autumn clematis (white) or any of the yellow species type (C. tangutica) since I live on an old farm, and both of these have a bit of a reputation for spreading via seed. I have enough invasives without adding to the problem. I don't know if they would be a problem in your area....See MoreMorning shade/Afternoon Sun
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