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kohoutjm's posts about: Ligularia
Apr 25, 2008 | 8:50 AM PST
Tags: Shade , perennial , Ligularia , Tiarella , Hosta , Rain
Yesterday was a great day for putting in the new shade garden. Most people don't care for the cloudy, misty day that we had, but the weather was perfect for planting up the new area. Even though it was cloudy and rainy it was still 65-70º outside. So here is a quick photo as I finished.
Last night it rained and we might get a little more today. Let's hope that they all take well to their new homes.
Apr 23, 2008 | 7:41 PM PST
Tags: Ligularia , Foam Flower , Tiarella , Shade , Perennial
Soon I will be adding a new perennial bed to our backyard. We have a problem area that is so shady and wet that it will not grow any grass or really anything. So it looks like mother nature is in my favor on this one... less weeding for me and no watering needed. (This location is where four neighboring yards are graded for water runoff and an ornamental flowering tree provides shade for most of the day.) Ok, so here is a picture of what it looks like now. You can see the neighbor's forsythia bushes in bloom.
I would like it to be about 12 ft. long (two fence sections) and about 4-5 ft deep. I have a little bit of grass to take out, but all in all it should go pretty quick. I was going to do it today, but they were calling for severe weather. It's been about 3 weeks ago when I ordered plants from Earl May. They finally came in today! Here are pictures of them in their pots.
Ligularia 'The Rocket'
Tiarella 'Spring Symphony' Foam Flower
I will have the 3 Ligularia plants in the back along the fence and I will be dividing some all green Hostas, they will go in and around the Ligularia. Then in the front I am going to group the 10 Tiarella into bunches of 3, 5 and 2.
I will post more pictures as I get things moving along.
