Shade Gardening: Extremely shady , 1 by DonnaMack

DonnaMack wrote:
I have Bevans on all four sides of my house in areas from full sun to almost complete shade. It is extremely flexible, and is actually better in areas that do not have full sun. Those areas have completely different conditions. It accepts dry soil. Heck, it accepts abuse. A friend of mine tore them out of her yard, put them in a bucket, and brought them to me. It took me almost a month to get them all into the yard. I would periodically throw some water on the bare plants. The ones that were not even in soil survived. I later read that the thick rhizomes protect them from drought.

The area I showed you is against the building on the north side. I also have it in an area that has gallium odoratum.

I have a bunch of them heeled in because I am propagating them. Every few weeks I move them to new areas.

The first picture shows them in bloom very early in the season, a couple of weeks after I put them in.

The second picture is only a few weeks later. I should add that it is a super weed suppressant, which is why I put it in lots of places. I have several other geraniums but this one beats them all in that department.

I have striatum, Biokovo, Karmina and maculatum. Not of them perform to the level of Bevan's Variety. It's just phenomenal.