Shade loving shrubs and perennials?

love the crinodendron hookerianum with all its gorgeous red drooping flowers.




[ 23. May 2006, 01:08 PM: Message edited by: sawfish ]

 

My parents planted one of these when they retired to Falmouth. When they died 25 years later it was absolutely beautiful, around 15-20' tall and spreading nearly as much.
I'd love one, but it wouldn't like the temperatures we had this winter!

 

I love them too but they would not like me not my lime!

 

Liz - I have one in my north facing front garden, and it came through the winter fine - just breaking into flower.

Try it - should be fine.

 

Hi Fran, did you put it straight into the garden? I have thought of having one in a pot and waiting 'til it's a bit bigger before planting out, as I've found bigger plants often withstand conditions that younger ones won't. For instance, I 'looked after' my daughters' potted camellia and put it in a sunnier place than it was used to and its' leaves began to yellow, when I hurriedly took it into the shade to recover- but my mum's camellias outgrew ther shade after 15 years and grew happily in full sun.
I remember my Father getting really cross when his newly planted barely hardy plants lost buds or new growth due to frosts or cold wind, but rarely heard complaints once they were established.
Have you not got the limey East Anglian soil?

 

Aucuba can be handy in this situation.

 

That crinodendron hookerianum looks lovely!

Will look around for one i think.

 

As I recall, I bought it and plonked it in (twas a good few years ago)- my normal practice - prolly with a little slow release, not even sure I did that in the Autumn could have been early spring.

I garden on clay - prolly pretty neutral cos erica's and rhodies and camelias do OK once established.

 

must learn how upload my pictures, i have a balcony, quite shaded in a large pot i put a summer flowering climbing shrub called solanum. glasnevin ideal for wall ot trellis it is superb.
put it in last year and it has grown so quick with the added bonus of lovely light purple flowers with yellow centres although it is flowering now it is still growing and quite quick growing, hope this is of some help, good luck