It’s Springtime for Ladybirds!
Sweet William
<h4>You're browser does not support iFrames - here is an exerpt of the content</h4> <a href="http://gardenerstips.co.uk/blog/gardening/design/shrubs-for-dry-shade/">Click here to read the article in full</a> <p><a href="http://gardenerstips.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/euonymous.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1513" title="euonymous" src="http://gardenerstips.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/euonymous.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="320" /></a></p> <p>One of the toughest spots to grow plants is in dry shade. Here is my pick of those shrubs that will be ‘good doers’ in these conditions.</p> <p><strong>Box or Boxus sempervirens</strong> will grow up to 12 feet high and wide in dry shady conditions. The variety Latifolia maculata, with it’s agm, has bright yellow, young leaves becoming dark-green, blotched with yellow when mature (this gives it the common name Sunshine box). It is good a good <a title="evergreen" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/evergreen/">evergreen</a> for topiary and hedges.</p> <p><strong>Hypericum calycinum,</strong> Great St Johns Wort or Rose of Sharron is a low growing shrub with yellow flowers followed by black seed bearing berries. It grows up to 2′ tall but can spread 10′ or more.</p> <p><strong>Lonicera pileata</strong> is a species of <a title="honeysuckle" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/honeysuckle/">honeysuckle</a> used for hedging. It is called the Privet honeysuckle and can grow up to 8 feetwide and a couple of feet tall.</p> <p><strong>Euonymus fortunei</strong> is an ideal evergreen shrub available in several leaf colours. I find the yellow leaves perform well in the cool shade.</p> <p>The following selection may also be fine but the above plants were recommended by the RHS</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Daphne laureola and Laurel<span id="more-7695"></span><br /> Fatsia japonica castor oil plant<br /> Hedera, Ivy<br /> Ilex aquifolium Holly</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.rhs.org.uk/">RHS </a>also consider the degree of shade as follows:<br /> ‘1. Light shade: A site that is open to the sky, but screened from direct sunlight by an obstacle, such as a high wall or group of trees.<br /> 2. Partial shade: A site receiving sunlight for two or three hours either in early morning or late evening. Midday sun supplies considerably more light.<br /> 3. Moderate shade: Mainly reflected or diffused light, for example through tree canopies.<br /> 4. Deep shade: Usually under dense <a title="deciduous" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/deciduous/">deciduous</a> trees, e.g. beech, conifer hedges or overgrown shrubberies.’</p> <div style="display: none">VN:F [1.6.3_896]</div><div class="ratingblock"><div class="ratingblock "><div class="ratingheader ">Rate this Article</div><div class="ratingstars "><div id="article_rater_42311" class="ratepost gdsr-soft gdsr-size-24"><div class="starsbar gdsr-size-24"><div class="gdouter gdheight"><div id="gdr_vote_a42311" style="width: 0px;" class="gdinner gdheight"></div><div id="gdr_stars_a42311" class="gdsr_rating_as"><a id="gdsrX42311X5X0XaXarticle_rater_42311Xarticle_loader_42311X10X24" title="5 / 5" class="s5" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX42311X4X0XaXarticle_rater_42311Xarticle_loader_42311X10X24" title="4 / 5" class="s4" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX42311X3X0XaXarticle_rater_42311Xarticle_loader_42311X10X24" title="3 / 5" class="s3" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX42311X2X0XaXarticle_rater_42311Xarticle_loader_42311X10X24" title="2 / 5" class="s2" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX42311X1X0XaXarticle_rater_42311Xarticle_loader_42311X10X24" title="1 / 5" class="s1" rel="nofollow"></a></div></div></div></div><div id="article_loader_42311" style="display: none; width: 120px; " class="ratingloader article"><div class="loader flower " style="height: 24px"><div class="loaderinner" style="padding-top: 2px">please wait...</div></div></div></div><div class="ratingtext "><div id="gdr_text_a42311">Rating: 0.0/<strong>5</strong> (0 votes cast)</div></div></div></div>
