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| HI folks, I have a flower bed on the south side of my yard that has a 6' tall wood privacy fence and a tree at the west (20' away) of the bed. In the long days of summer only about 2' along the fence is totally shade. It starts all shade in the morning and then for a few hours in the afternoon there is more sun, then late afternoon/early evening it has dappled shade. I have Astilbe, Lamium, Hosta, snow on the mountain, a clematis and 2 hydrangeas there. Mostly all on the fence line. My question is, I want to add more to the bed and expand it out more. With the exposure will hostas and hydrangeas do ok in more sun? I think I feel comfortable calling it bright shade. With that being said would part sun perennials do ok here closer to the sun edge? being in the south exposure it can get pretty hot there but there is very little constant/full sun. I hope this make sense. . . any advise would sure help. . |
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- Posted by gardenweed_z6a N CT (My Page) on Thu, Apr 10, 14 at 7:47
| You don't post what zone you're in which would be helpful to folks willing to respond to your question. If you're in a temperate zone, the answer to your question is a qualified yes. I grow both hosta and hydrangea in a couple of part sun garden beds and both do very well. Also growing in the same beds are sedum, cranesbill, stokesia, coral bells, daylily, weigela, dianthus/carnation, columbine, buddleia/butterfly bush, caryopteris/blue mist shrub, chelone/turtlehead, Virginia knotweed 'Painter's Palette,' Polemonium/ Jacob's ladder among others. Assuming the plants adapt to soil & moisture conditions, there's a good chance the above would also thrive in your garden bed. |
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- Posted by TexasRanger10 7 (My Page) on Thu, Apr 10, 14 at 15:35
| Zone is important. Here it can get very hot in that situation. Part Shade is also defined as Part Sun, depends on how you look at it but around here where the sun can be quite intense, its crucial. We have to consider max. heat zones as much as min. cold zones here. Often thats not listed on a tag. Leaves can get torched in that amount of sun on shade loving plants. |
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| Sorry, I thought I did list my zone (zone 5) it rarely gets 100 here in the summer, if it does it's an unusually hot summer. But with that being said it can get as cold as -20 in the winter. I do have cranesbill geraniums in the same bed as well as columbine (I forgot to mention) So, I guess adding a few more part sun plants is doable. . .thanks guys. . . (off to add my zone) |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 11, 14 at 17:45
| So the planting bed is on the north side of the fence? In summer, that area is not going to be in much shade at all - the sun is nearly overhead and the fence won't pose much of an obstacle. You can plant just about anything that doesn't demand full sun. I had this same situation in my old garden and even though we are up in the higher northern latitudes here in the PNW, my planting bed was still in nearly full sun for most of the day during the growing season. Winter's another story but much less of an issue for herbaceous plants. |
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