I'm looking now at a mimosa Doug gave me, wishing it would get a little taller than 5' so it would shade my back deck from this sweltering KY July sun.
Name: Horseshoe Griffin Efland, NC (Zone 7a) And in the end...a happy beginning!
Mornin', Folks...
Each year I try to offer shade loving plants to my customers and am always looking for great ideas. Heck, yesterday at the mkt two people were looking for shade loving plants and I had zilch. (I think all of us were thinking "shade" due to the heat.)
My spring failed attempt at a foundation planting just outside my new kitchen window was due to a shady site. I thought cause the four o'clock sun came around it would require sun plants, wrong! Now I'm thinking a nandina, big leaf hydrangea, hosta, and ferns. If I have room maybe a Clethera 'hummingbird'. Also a dwarf Fothergilla gardenii for some good spring and fall color. All the white should really brighten up the area and we will enjoy the fragrance next to the porch from the clethera and fathergilla. I'm a little concerned with out of control suckers from the fothergilla. Can anyone share their experience with fothergilla? This fall I am going to clean out the bed, lay newspaper, top dress with compost, then mulch and hopefully have a great bed to start fresh next spring. Will be look at this forum for some good shady ideas. I have a huge American holly in the bed.
The goal is to create a beautiful view in this area.
Lynn that's exactly what I want...not too big. I think some of them get to be 5 or 6 feet tall and wide. Ususally when the tag says 3 feet I end up with a six foot plant so I really need to keep them small for this area.
