Anonymous
10/05/2015 16:43
Subject: Tell me about an attractive, relatively large shade plant for side bed along house
Gingko
Anonymous
10/05/2015 15:23
Subject: Tell me about an attractive, relatively large shade plant for side bed along house
Thank you for the suggestions! Excited to take a look for spring planting. I think it's probably getting a little late now, and I'm feeling lazy.
Anonymous
10/03/2015 09:22
Subject: Re:Tell me about an attractive, relatively large shade plant for side bed along house
Aucuba (Aucuba japonica) about the only shrub that can take a north facing darkish shade and still get large.
Anonymous
10/03/2015 08:16
Subject: Tell me about an attractive, relatively large shade plant for side bed along house
Otto luken laurel
Anonymous
10/03/2015 07:36
Subject: Re:Tell me about an attractive, relatively large shade plant for side bed along house
Not sure if these are large enough for you, but I like Jacobs Ladder and Bleeding Heart.
Anonymous
10/02/2015 13:04
Subject: Tell me about an attractive, relatively large shade plant for side bed along house
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Heavenly bamboo. It's a shrub with pretty red berries that can get big. The larger varieties of phlox get very tall -- you have to stake them -- but are beautiful with hostas if you prefer blooms. Second the rhododendron suggestion.
Please don't opt for heavenly bamboo (or Nandina as it's sometimes called). It's invasive:
https://arlingtonva.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2013/11/invasive-1.pdf
No it is not. Nandina is not even a true bamboo. "Heavenly bamboo" is a misnomer. Nandina is a wonderful plant.
Wrong. I will take the word of the U.S. Forest Service and the USDA over yours, thanks -- whether or not it is technically a "bamboo" it is still a non-native, can be invasive in some places, and has zero wildlife value in the landscape. Plus it's boring. I have three in my front that I'm about to pull out and I would never replant them as they are simply unattractive.
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/invasive_plants/weeds/nandina.pdf
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/sacredbamboo.shtml
Anonymous
10/02/2015 10:33
Subject: Tell me about an attractive, relatively large shade plant for side bed along house
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Heavenly bamboo. It's a shrub with pretty red berries that can get big. The larger varieties of phlox get very tall -- you have to stake them -- but are beautiful with hostas if you prefer blooms. Second the rhododendron suggestion.
Please don't opt for heavenly bamboo (or Nandina as it's sometimes called). It's invasive:
https://arlingtonva.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2013/11/invasive-1.pdf
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No it is not. Nandina is not even a true bamboo. "Heavenly bamboo" is a misnomer. Nandina is a wonderful plant.
Anonymous
10/02/2015 10:30
Subject: Tell me about an attractive, relatively large shade plant for side bed along house
Hellebores, Acuba and Osmanthus. Mahonia works but is tough to use IMO
Anonymous
10/02/2015 09:07
Subject: Tell me about an attractive, relatively large shade plant for side bed along house
Does the area you're talking about get rain (i.e. it's not under an overhang of your house, or not too much so) and/or are you willing to water regularly until it's established and then as needed? There are plenty of great plants for shade/part-shade as long as there is adequate moisture, but shade + dry = death. Also on that note make sure you calculate what the plant's max growth is so that you don't plant a baby shrub way too close to the house.
I agree, please don't plant nandina or other non-native. Ostrich ferns are OK but they look terrible in the fall and die off in the winter so I wouldn't personally plant them (I have them in my backyard and looking out the window right now it looks like someone took a flame thrower to the hill they populate). I like Christmas ferns much better as they are evergreen.
These fact sheets from the Master Gardeners of NoVA are really useful in looking for the right plant for your space:
http://mgnv.org/plants/howtouse/
I agree, please don't plant nandina or other non-native. Ostrich ferns are OK but they look terrible in the fall and die off in the winter so I wouldn't personally plant them (I have them in my backyard and looking out the window right now it looks like someone took a flame thrower to the hill they populate). I like Christmas ferns much better as they are evergreen.
These fact sheets from the Master Gardeners of NoVA are really useful in looking for the right plant for your space:
http://mgnv.org/plants/howtouse/
Anonymous
10/01/2015 23:30
Subject: Tell me about an attractive, relatively large shade plant for side bed along house
Anonymous wrote:Heavenly bamboo. It's a shrub with pretty red berries that can get big. The larger varieties of phlox get very tall -- you have to stake them -- but are beautiful with hostas if you prefer blooms. Second the rhododendron suggestion.
Please don't opt for heavenly bamboo (or Nandina as it's sometimes called). It's invasive:
https://arlingtonva.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2013/11/invasive-1.pdf
Anonymous
09/30/2015 21:23
Subject: Tell me about an attractive, relatively large shade plant for side bed along house
Camellia(evergreen- two types one blooms in the fall, the other in the spring). If you have a lot...mix the spring and fall blooms up.
Anonymous
09/30/2015 19:57
Subject: Tell me about an attractive, relatively large shade plant for side bed along house
Ostrich ferns
Anonymous
09/30/2015 18:18
Subject: Tell me about an attractive, relatively large shade plant for side bed along house
Heavenly bamboo. It's a shrub with pretty red berries that can get big. The larger varieties of phlox get very tall -- you have to stake them -- but are beautiful with hostas if you prefer blooms. Second the rhododendron suggestion.
Anonymous
09/30/2015 17:57
Subject: Re:Tell me about an attractive, relatively large shade plant for side bed along house
Get a Rhododendron. They grow in shade, are native, and deer don't like them. Get a variety that will grow 2-8 feet and prune if necessary.
Anonymous
09/30/2015 15:11
Subject: Tell me about an attractive, relatively large shade plant for side bed along house
Do you have a suggestion for what I can plant in the bed along the side of my house that is completely shaded? Something that is actually sold in a garden store around here. I have some hostas but it looks boring and much of it is empty and ready for some plants. I'd prefer a plant that gets relatively large (knee to waist tall) and then I can put hostas in front of it. Some kind of fern, perhaps? Thanks!