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Post by luseth on Jun 20, 2016 12:28:04 GMT
Hi all, Hope to speak to you all lots soon  I am completely new to gardening. Moved into our house about 2 years ago and it had a nice to look at garden. Unfortunately, with me changing jobs and loads going on like wedding planning etc I have not touched it and it's now very overgrown. The weekend just gone I went to the good food / gardening show at the NEC and it has properly piqued my interest (I came away with my first Bonsai tree). Anyway I intend, once the rain slackens slightly to put some effort into getting it near enough back to normal this year. So I may be about asking people to identify plants / flowers every now and again. (Does anyone know a site or two I can use to help identify them?) An initial query however. My neighbors have connifers that overshadow part of our garden. I don't necassarily want them removed personally as our garden being on a slope I suspect they help reduce the water that would otherwise come down towards our house. My query here however is if anyone has any suggestions for nice plants / flowers that would happily sit in the shade underneath the connifers. Currently there are just some bushes and moss their, but it being an ugly corner of our garden at the moment it would be the first area I would like to focus on. Thank you in advance.   |
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Post by daitheplant on Jun 20, 2016 18:34:34 GMT
Good evening and welcome to the site. If you want colour in the shady area do for Rhododendrons, Japanese Azaleas and Camellia. If you want something for ground cover, use Pachysandra.
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Post by roofgardener on Jun 20, 2016 18:59:10 GMT
A warm welcome to Gardening Fiends... I mean.. Friends, Luseth. I'd be interested to know what people here suggest for "shady" plants, as my Sisters garden has a similar issue. One thought... Primulas ? As for... Well GOSH... why not post pictures HERE ? There is a WIDE (1) membership, growing all SORTS of things on this forum.  Notes ... (1) I'm relatively new, but I'm probably one of the WIDEST members !  |
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Post by luseth on Jun 20, 2016 19:52:36 GMT
Well GOSH... why not post pictures HERE ? There is a WIDE (1) membership, growing all SORTS of things on this forum.
Aha in case I never came back, didn't want to seem like I had come here, taken advantage of everyone's knowledge and then run off I will post a few up once I work out how to get them off my phone.... Thank you daitheplant I will take a look at them. Are they particularly demanding plants to look after? |
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Post by roofgardener on Jun 20, 2016 20:04:51 GMT
The Plants are easy ! daitheplant 's post can be slightly harder < hides under table > |
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Post by daitheplant on Jun 20, 2016 20:08:15 GMT
Not at all, they are woodland plants so can look after themselves mainly. May I suggest you look through the forums and post any questions in the right one? |
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Post by daitheplant on Jun 20, 2016 20:09:15 GMT
The Plants are easy ! daitheplant 's post can be slightly harder < hides under table > Aye, Roofus, you need to hide.  |
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Post by SueA on Jun 20, 2016 20:58:17 GMT
Hi luseth & welcome to the forum. If your neighbour's conifers are planted quite close to your fence you may have to look for plants which like dry shade, lots of ferns are great for that, you could also try anemones & maybe cyclamen. |
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Post by grindle on Jun 21, 2016 3:55:19 GMT
I've managed to grow azaleas, rhododendron, camelias and ferns in the dry shade of a huge bay tree eventually after putting plenty of compost in the soil before planting, also cyclamen and hellebores. Primulas would like dappled shade although not too dry, Pulmonarias, alchemilla mollis and brunnera  I'll stop now, you'd never guess I like shade gardening  |
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Post by SueA on Jun 21, 2016 7:31:06 GMT
You might have to check what kind of soil you have luseth as some of the plants suggested are 'acid' lovers, if you look around other gardens near you you should be able to tell if they grow plants like rhododendrons/azaleas etc. which means it is O.K. to grow acid lovers & roughly if you live on the western side of Britain you're more likely to have acidic soil. You can buy soil testing kits & I have a little tester with spikes which you push into the ground if you want to find out exactly what kind of soil you have. |
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Post by dianthus on Jun 21, 2016 12:01:58 GMT
Good Afternoon luseth and welcome to our forum
Everyone is very helpful and there is a lot of knowledge over a wide range of horticultural subjects. (Don't ask me about perennials, though)
If you like a bit of amusing chatter, without the usual online nastiness, you have stopped off at the right place
daitheplant roofgardener sweetpea can be a bit naughty, but the mods keep them in check |
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Post by daisy on Jun 21, 2016 12:18:24 GMT
Good Afternoon luseth and welcome to our forum
Everyone is very helpful and there is a lot of knowledge over a wide range of horticultural subjects. (Don't ask me about perennials, though)
If you like a bit of amusing chatter, without the usual online nastiness, you have stopped off at the right place
daitheplant roofgardener sweetpea can be a bit naughty, but the mods keep them in check Which they'll deny of course, dianthus  |
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Post by dianthus on Jun 21, 2016 12:28:40 GMT
As innocent as the driven slush, they are, daisy , but they do keep us amused. |
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Post by daisy on Jun 21, 2016 12:45:27 GMT
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Post by sweetpea on Jun 21, 2016 14:33:41 GMT
Good Afternoon luseth and welcome to our forum
Everyone is very helpful and there is a lot of knowledge over a wide range of horticultural subjects. (Don't ask me about perennials, though)
If you like a bit of amusing chatter, without the usual online nastiness, you have stopped off at the right place
[p ]daitheplant roofgardener sweetpea can be a bit naughty, but the mods keep them in check [/p][/quote] Oi! I resemble that remark we are innocent of any wrongdoing, well mostly |
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I'll stop now, you'd never guess I like shade gardening 
