Shade Gardening: Deep Shade II, 1 by rcn48

rcn48 wrote:
I can't believe I haven't found this thread sooner! You're all posting lovely photos of some of my favorite plants :) Dragon Tails is one I love! When we purchased ours years ago it was sold as Pinellia 'Golden Dragon' but I think basically it's the same plant - in the photo it's on the lower right. This one is in deep, deep shade but we've found that in brighter shade it's much more "golden".

gardenlady, your Rooguchi is stunning! We have an area along the house that needs a complete overhaul and I've been considering adding a few Clematis to cover the foundation wall. This might just have to be added to my list :) Your Stargazer Mercury is lovely as well - I've found this Tiarella to be a real vigorous plant in the gardens and great bloomer! Although we've got a lot of Heucheras and Heucherellas, I tend to favor the Tiarellas, they're usually better growers for us and I like their habit and flowers better :)

Happy, sorry to hear that your Kerria isn't doing well :( If you ever have the chance to visit us, you can pull as many suckers of our Kerria (http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54605/) as you want! My "trimming" back of our shrub hasn't worked, I think it actually stimulated the darn thing and it's creeping even farther into my Hosta bed :( Someone gave us a couple pieces of the variegated Kerria http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/76639/ and I'm going to be careful where I plant it - the monster bordering our Hostas is turning into a nightmare!