Planting Containers for Shade
It's finally GREEN in Slate River Valley, especially with all the rain we have had lately, don't you just love that fresh, bright, limey green on the mountains?
Have you been visiting the greenhouses lately, wondering what to plant in Shade? Fuschia is a great hanging plant for shade, and the hummingbirds love the blooms.
Start with a good mix of black soil, peat moss, manure or triple 17 or triple 20 fertilizer.
We are planting trailing lobelia( tiny blue flowers), coleus, German Ivy, and Begonias.
Adding dwarf Bananas as the feature in the middle of the planter. These overwintered indoors, and they did well outside last summer.
There, all planted , with the addition of Heavenly Blue Morning glory at the back of the planter. We used a Cottage Paint stencil on this planter ( last summer).
The final touch is moss, place this on top of any exposed soil, keeps the blooms clean when it rains, hopefully will stop critters from digging in the planters, and keeps roots moist in really hot weather.
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