Pacific Northwest Gardening: Neighbors CUT shade canopy from my West facing garden HELP, 1 by knownasnancy

knownasnancy wrote:
The neighbors have removed 4 mature deciduous trees bordering my yard from their backyard west of me, transforming my protected dappled and cool summer garden into full afternoon sun in one fell swoop, and now overlooked by most of south east Portland! Hostas, ferns, Oriental Lilies, pulmonaria, Rhododendrons, Hydrangeas, Japanese maples, Nandina, nicotiana alata, tied together with annual impatiens are what were doing best before the slaughter. I suppose I will have to watch everything fry for an entire season before knowing what to do, but thought I would put this topic out there (being a new and inexperienced member of Dave's Garden) for any ideas on how to begin to transform a garden from half shade to full sun.