Shade Gardening: Deep Shade II, 1 by rcn48

rcn48 wrote:
I knew I was going to like this thread, but you may get me in trouble -found Ainsliaea cordifolia http://www.asiaticanursery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.p... - what a beauty!

Weerobin, I have always wanted to try Vancouveria. Somewhere I have photos taken at Asticou gardens in Maine where it created a beautiful groundcover in their Japanese garden. I suspect though you're right, it would hate our heat and humidity :(

Ronna, I should try to get a picture of our Kerria - suckers? Everywhere!!! This photo will give you an idea of the size and this was after I pulled suckers out in a 2' perimeter. The photo was taken in the fall of 2006 when I planted this area with Hostas and Ferns. You can barely make out a couple of Hostas in the back where they are growing next to the Kerria. Two years later the Kerria has almost swallowed the Hostas and is rapidly covering the trunk of the River Birch that I had exposed :( I also have the same problem with Calycanthus, again made the mistake of planting Hostas at the base and they're getting swallowed :(

Happy, I'll gladly "dangle more incentives" if it will help get you here faster :) When I told Rick what you said, he said OMG, tell her to come, we've got lots of things we could send you home with! I'm still hanging on to a few pots of Chrysogonum just in case :)

stormyla, I'm so glad you took my advice and ripped out the Artemesia - you won't be sorry! I just ripped out some more last week when weeding, going on 6 years now that I've been trying to get rid of it :(