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A tree fell on our roof, but it's not all bad!

Posted by dcgrrl (My Page) on
Sat, May 8, 04 at 15:14

A neighbor's huge tulip poplar tree came down in a hurricane last September, trashing our roof but leaving our terrace with morning sun for the first time ever. Attached to the iron terrace railing are four planter boxes (each 4 ft. by 10 inches in area) in which I always planted impatiens and vinca vine. Now I'm hoping I can branch out (no pun intended) to plants that would thrive in part-sun. I'd love to have suggestions for combinations of plants for these boxes. I've been reading about wave petunias. Would they work? Do they look best planted alone?


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RE: A tree fell on our roof, but it's not all bad!

  • Posted by PVick z6B NYC (My Page) on
    Mon, May 10, 04 at 23:44

Will the area be totally shaded in the afternoon, or still get some sun (light)?

Although they work best in full sun, wave petunias would work very well - any type of petunia would work. They would look fine alone - put in a lot of plants, maybe mix the colors - and they will spread all over and give you a good show.

But they also look great with just about any other plant. I love petunias, so I'll put them in pots by themselves, as well as use them in the windowboxes. But I tend to treat my windowboxes as a sort of "cottage garden", so I'll mix in all sorts of plants with the petunias - salvia, persian shield, daisies, spikes, ornie grasses, sweet potato vine, etc., etc. Works for me.

Whatever you decide, petunias of any sort will give you a great display of color for months on end!

Good luck with your "new" morning sun!

PV


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RE: A tree fell on our roof, but it's not all bad!

Thanks for you suggestions, PV. My terrace does get some sunlight in the afternoon -- it's not in totally dense shade. I love your cottage garden idea! I've used sweet potato vine in mixed pots with success even before the tree came down. How about the daisies -- will they do well with mainly morning sunlight?


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RE: A tree fell on our roof, but it's not all bad!

dcgirl - go on and try it (my motto). I get mostly morning-sun only and have alot of flowering stuff up here that does okay right along the rail like daylilies, etc. (I face NE).


 
 

 

 


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