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Curmudgeoness

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1. I have quite a bit of shade, so have had to find things that work there.

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 05:51 PM

Jun 2012

Asiatic day lilies do well. I have a bleeding heart that works, although that only blooms in the spring and dies back in summer. A Pieris japonica (Mountain Fire) bush does well. Coral bells bloom in summer and are happy there. Astilbe likes it.

As to annuals, I have found that coleus and begonias grow well in the shadier areas.

But I have to ask---how do you intend to get rid of the mint and lamiastrum? I have lots of lamiastrum that I have no problem with (yet) although it is growing in all the wrong places. But mint has overtaken a whole area of garden and I have dug and dug and it keeps coming back stronger than ever. I would love to know a way to get rid of it.

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So, I'm redoing another foundation planting bed. [View all] Denninmi Jun 2012 OP

I have quite a bit of shade, so have had to find things that work there. Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #1

It's not that hard. Denninmi Jun 2012 #2

So dig it out, and every time a piece comes back up Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #3

Yup, that's what I do. Denninmi Jun 2012 #4

try a strong solution of vinegar and water. BlueToTheBone Jun 2012 #7

Question. Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #8

on the foliage. Do it on an early still morning BlueToTheBone Jun 2012 #9

Thanks. There is nothing that I love left. Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #10

Well, have a ball! BlueToTheBone Jun 2012 #11

The thing about most perennials, which you already know Tsiyu Jun 2012 #5

I saw some beautiful hypericum varieties at the nursery this week. blue neen Jun 2012 #6