Dust Off Those Rusty Trowels (Just One Last Time)
Even if you don’t have as much to do as the poster of this photo on Flickr, it’s definitely time to start planning a strategy for jump-starting your garden. Considering that 90 percent of what we planted last year died, we won’t even try to offer any advice. We will tell you what the landscape…
Even if you don’t have as much to do as the poster of this photo on Flickr, it’s definitely time to start planning a strategy for jump-starting your garden. Considering that 90 percent of what we planted last year died, we won’t even try to offer any advice. We will tell you what the landscape designer who lives a couple doors down from us told us over the fence last weekend: perennials should be planted at the end of March and annuals at the end of April. Any other timing tips from people with greener thumbs than we have?
Photo by kyllo on Flickr.
One MORE time! C’mon dude! BTW, Hydrangeas are great for the shade, but they’ll take a few years to really fill out and they have trouble flowering if they really get no sun.
Last year I planted honeysuckle vine. Should I prune it back even though some leaves still appear to be alive?
hostas are quite nice for shade and they come back every year. also caladiums, which are bulbs.
in terms on annuals, coleus, impatients do very well in shade.
ajuga is also nice as a ground cover with purple flowers.
these are all relatively low maintenance as well.
Hydrangeas do very well in full shade and come in several shapes and colors. PeeGee hydrangeas are trees; oak leaf is a hardy shrub size; and climbing hydrangea is another favorite. Ours grew very little in the first year and then grew about ten feet up the well the next year. Ivy also does very well in full shade.
I’d have to ask Mrs. Halden!
What are the best plants for shady areas?
Forsythia also blooms on old wood.
Brownstoner – how’s the lawn? Probably looks horrible now, but it should be lush and green soon.
As for planting, listen to 9:21. We have very deep shade in our garden, but it thrives with the right plants. Also, go slow – plant a bit each year, see how it takes, how you like it, etc. And don’t be afraid to rip up mistakes.
yes, i should have mentioned that. thanks.
i believe lilacs are one of these such plants that bloom on the old wood.