i am trying to find something to put in this space ....i used a softward generated tree that had red blossums leafs....and my brain said .....a crepe myrtle...but i found out that a crepe myrtle will not bloom on only 3 hours of sun a day....so does anyone have any ideas......?? thanks:)
Yes Sticks, an idea. Does it have to have blooms? A friend here has a selection of Japanese Maples. They are beautiful and most hold some color thru out the year. There is a JP forum here you might look at. pod
pod i love those...but they are quite pricey....like a 100 for a stick...
Maybe hummingbird bush, knockout roses, durantas, yellow bells. Are you wanting shrubs, trees, flowers, perennials? Beautiful fence! I really like that.
i am leaning towards a tree....to bring the eye up and to complete the little vignette i already have going.....heres the story.....my hubbie just dug this bed for me as my nursery in my little town of 1800 is having a sale....perennials 6 inch 1.00; 4 inch .60 cents each....so i bought what they had that fit this area with the constraints i have regarding location of the bed and what they had on sale....not my favorite or 1st choices ....but workable and dirt cheap....so if i didnt have the trees in the bed it would look pretty blah....the trees seem to pop that bed....
with regards to roses this area only gets 3 hrs sun....; i wil go look up the other items you mention; thank you:)
Well, Yellow Bells and Duranta aren't red and Duranta definitely needs more sun. How about a bottle bush? My neighbors have one growing and it has spectacular blooms. They have shaped it into a tree and it's about 10-12' tall. Hummers and flutterbys love it. You could try a red or pink blooming orchid tree, very unique flowers and the amount of sun would be perfect. I have a white blooming seeds and you're welcome to some but if you want to stick with red....
Hmmmm, trying to think, can you grow camellias in your zone? Slow growing but stunning once they get there. I'm a little too hot and humid for them here. They need a bit of a colder climate. My mother in law lives in a wooded area and they grow bountiful with all of the shade they receive. There's lots of different varieties and they have such pretty blooms in the winter and eary spring. She's a zone 7 too.
I'll keep thinking.
Sticks,
Here's a link to the bottle brush....
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/59096/
Sticks, I don't really know much about the JP's other than there can be JP snobs. There is a discussion of JPs on the regular gardening thread too. One person has acquired them on ebay for as low as $10. The only thing is, more research would be needed to see what would do in your zone. I would hate to pay any kind of money and not have it be suited... These may not be what you had in mind but just a thought....
Just a word about JPs.. they like shade here in Texas and this are might get too much sun.. what about flame Acanthus? A great native that would love that area...
I am certainly not a "hort head". When Sticks said only 3 hrs sun, I thought of my friends' JP arboretum. His is planted under high shade. Sticks is in a cooler zone. You are probably correct tho...
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it might work - ... I am a sucker for natives...
flowering maple, abutilon, grow in sun to shade and bloom almost year round, some are very hardy
You could try Dessert Honeysuckle, Anisacanthus wrightii, it will bloon in light shade, it is hardy and reliable, and it is a texas native, very bright red, and the hummers love it too
What more could you ask for?
Here is the link;http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/60921/index.html
Josephine.
I need more shade... I really need more shade..
Oleander, rose of sharon? Not sure what their light requirements are.
Both need lots of light.
BBR your abutilon is gorgeous. I have been wanting one of them and now you pushed me over the edge.
pod i am not sure what you meant by a cooler zone...but we are in the 90's every day....aren't yall close or 10 degrees higher??
mitch what are you referring to ....more shade...??
thanks for all your suggestions we went out looking at potential prospects today....god i so want a flipping crepe myrtle....was thinking about buy a couple in bloom planting them till they stop and move and hope that by that time i see something else....(not a smart idea....but hey it works!!!) then i got hot an said...nahhhhh
Sorry Sticks, I meant you were in a cooler zone than us. We are 8a/b. Not sure where Crosbyton is but 7a should be moderately cooler (maybe only in the winter).
Guess you could cut some trees to get CM sun ;^}.
more shade for more shade loving plants - I have very little and I am always green when I see good shade or learn of a new great native shade plant.
Zone 7a tree or shrub for shade (3hrs sun) with red/pink coloration:
I like the japanese maple and camellia suggestions. If you plant both sasanqua and japonica camellias you'll have nice blooms from late fall to spring.
Red Buckeye-can get wide (8-15ft) might block the view of other plants
Japanese Aucuba-has some red berries
Strawberry Shrub-grows 6-9 feet high reddish, brown flowers. Fragrant plant
Flowering Dogwood and Mountain Laurel-?too tall . Maybe too much shade in this spot
Winterberry-red berries in winter. grows to about 10 feet
Japanese Andromeda-bush like 10 feet high/8 feet wide. Pink flowers late winter-spring
Mountain Pieris (mountain andromeda 'forest flame') 6 feet tall with red flowers
Zepherine Drouhin is a rose that does well in the shade. Not a native, but a beautiful rose -- dark pink.
i am researching each of thes....i appreciate the thoughtful responses.....
brigidlily....i so love roses....i am thinking i have those same ones planted at the end of my bed they are zepherine something that are climbing roses....may be completely different....but i LOVE roses...
Could be a camilla tree? The need almost all shade to produce their blooms.
Tir_Na_Nog...that was my thought exactly!
so there is a camilla tree? i have seen the camilla bushes, but not a tree.....
Well, I suppose they can become bushes in some areas but in other areas they do develop into rather large trees. Do you have an extension service where you're at? They could provide some wonderful advice.
