Shade Gardening: 'Top 24 Favorite Ferns of Dr. John Mickel', 1 by tabasco

tabasco wrote:
Thanks , Shadyfolks, but this is only one little corner of my project and on 'film' it doesn't look like much at all, I'm afraid! I think I am killing my shade plantings with love, watering every day and chanting to the garden gods every morning, but nothing seems to help them 'take off' in this heat!

I am reading "The Complete Shade Gardener" by George Schenk, a rather old book (1984), yet has lots of good shady garden information and recommendations for plant pairings and a nice chapter on fern culture. George has a rather nice way of presenting his subject in a folksy manner, which is kind of fun....it's probably full of outdated information, but still interesting...
Couldn't find Michel's book in the library. Maybe nextime.

Here is a pic of my new 'red veined dock' which is for partial sun (does that mean shade?) planted with two new hostas. The label says 'spectacular' with coral bells, but those are planted out of the picture. We shall see! More ferns go in tomorrow. We aremaking progress. Slow but sure.

Keep cool. t.