Planting Under Trees - Part 11
Gardening in Shade - Planting Under Trees - Part - 11 - The West Border This week, in this series about planting under mature deciduous trees, we're moving across the garden to the West Border. This is one of the oldest parts of my garden, the ... [... more]
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Planting Under Trees - Part 1
Most of the shade in my USDA zone 7 garden, and I daresay most in your garden, is cast by mature trees. Planting directly under these trees - around their bases - is the greatest shade gardening challenge. Most of the shade in my USDA zone 7 ... [... more]
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Planting Under Trees - Part 10
Some plants who are happy and some who are not, growing under an oak (Quercus>) and four dogwoods (Cornus florida) in my USDA zone 7 garden. Last week, in this series about planting in the dry, rooty conditions under mature deciduous trees, I ... [... more]
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Planting Under Trees - Part 2
Putting a tough groundcover or plants native to your area in the inhospitable conditions directly under a mature tree is one thing, but what if you want to plant something else there? It can be done - I've been doing it for more than twenty years ... [... more]
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Planting Under Trees - Part 12
Gardening in Shade - Planting Under Trees - Part - 12 - Rhododendrons and azaleas. Last week, in this series about planting under mature deciduous trees, we moved across my USDA zone 7 garden to the West Border and looked at a part of this border ... [... more]
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Planting Under Trees - Part 9
Gardening in Shade - Planting Under Trees - Part - 9 - Happy and Unhappy Campers Last week, I started telling you about a relatively new bed under a group of trees in my USDA zone 7 garden. As you may remember, the soil in this area is interwoven ... [... more]
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Planting Under Trees - Part 13
Gardening in Shade - Planting Under Trees - Part - 13 - Plants Under The Dogwood This week, we're still up at the West Border in my USDA zone 7 garden; concentrating on the left end. We're moving to the right of the area covered in last week's ... [... more]
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Planting Under Trees - Part 7
Gardening in Shade - Planting Under Trees - Part 7 - Mostly Natives Last week, I told you about some special pets in the border under a maple and some black locusts. These plants needed extra watering and TLC to survive in the dry, rooty ... [... more]
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Planting Under Trees - Part 3
Gardening in Shade - Planting Under Trees - Part 3 - Tough Groundcovers There are a lot of photos in this article, so it may take a while to load if you've got a 14.4 modem. Please be patient (or go grab a snack). I don't know about you, but I ... [... more]
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Planting Under Trees - Part 14
Gardening in Shade - Planting Under Trees - Part - 14 - The New Planting This week marks the last article in this series about planting under mature deciduous trees. We've talked about a lot of plants that will grow in competition with tree roots ... [... more]
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Planting Under Trees - Part 8
Gardening in Shade - Planting Under Trees - Part - Mixed Planting, From the Begining In this series of articles about planting in the dry, rooty conditions under mature deciduous trees, I've told you about beds and borders that have been in place ... [... more]
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Planting Under Trees - Part 6
Gardening in Shade - Planting Under Trees - Part 6 - Some Special Pets for the Mixed Border Thus far, in this series about plants that tolerate the dry, rooty conditions under trees in my USDA zone 7 garden, we've talked about plants that don't ... [... more]
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