I have a corner in my yard that gets just an hour or two of morning sun and is in shade for the rest of the day. This is actually pretty rare for my yard since most of it gets lots of sunshine. I have room there for a good sized shrub, but it has to have blooms! It will be next to an old but still performing Gardenia, but eventually I think the new shrub will get that corner to itself.
Any ideas? I am in zone 10!
Hetty,
Like you, 90% of my yard is full sun or mostly sun with sporadic shade. At the moment, I can't think of anything that produces really showy blooms in full shade. Some gingers will bloom in shade.
Have you found anything for your corner yet? We had a beautiful Camellia sasanqua in shade for years and it bloomed like crazy. I hated to leave it behind when we moved!
Thanks - we are just out of the zone for Camellia to be happy. I have an order in for a Portlandia grandiflora that will go there when I get it! Bell Flower (Portlandia grandiflora)
I'm totally infatuated with my Golden Cestrum (Cestrum aurantiacum). They would bloom year-round in your climate (already started flowring this year - see photo- and will continue to first freeze). I have them in both part sun and mostly shade. They do better with sun, but don't seem to mind the shade too much either. Orange Cestrum (Cestrum aurantiacum)
How about Brunfelsia (Yesterday Today and Tomorrow)? I absolutely love mine. It is a show stopper when in bloom every March. It likes light shade. I have mine on the northeast corner of my house where it is in part sun/part shade.
Good luck with your decision. Let us know what you get!
I don't know why I didn't think of that. I have had several that have not performed well, but now have one that is outgrowing its shady place, I think I will move it to the new location. Thank you for the suggestion!
Name: Mary My little patch of paradise (Zone 7b) Gardening dilettante, that's me!
Not that you need any more ideas, but Spicebush likes shade, and is a butterfly host. Not sure how far south it goes, though
Northwest Georgia Daylily Society I'm going to retire and live off of my savings. Not sure what I'll do that second week. My yard marches to the beat of a bohemian drummer...
Did you transplant your brunfelsia? How did it take it so far? I moved some babies from underneath my huge one to new spots in the yard. These were quite tiny and coming up from the roots. About 2/3 of them survived - which is plenty. Will give me just what I need. (I wasn't particularly gentle with the transplant.)
