Shade Gardening: growing in a redwood Grove, 1 by doss

doss wrote:
Here's another view of the same area. The stones of the bench fell down in the 1906 Earthquake at Stanford University. Don't imagine they are native stones but they've been here longer than most native Californians. Hostas like it under the Redwoods, but with those and the Ligularias, you're fighting the snails. I keep trying new things. There are a lot of things that haven't worked. And I try not to pick up after the redwoods so that they continue to keep their natural 'duff'. Although my little fluffy dogs can come back all balled up with redwood twigs. Do you have a photo of your Redwoods?

One other thing. I find that the rain really doesn't get to plants that are under the redwood trees, so I do have to run the sprinklers once in awhile, even in a rainy season like the past one.

This message was edited Apr 30, 2005 7:24 PM