WanderingHuman 🇨🇦Apr 23, 2023

I need some #garden #yeggarden ideas for a mostly shady/partly sunny flower bed. I'm working on amending the soil, but where it is, it doesn't retain moisture very well, so does get dry.

Currently has things like creeping Jenny, hostas, a bleeding heart, and some lilies that don't do well and are going to get moved. I usually plant some marigolds & violas, but they don't thrive.

I want to try some climbing flowers with some support posts. Ideas for zone 4, mostly shade climbing flowers?

Show threadWanderingHuman 🇨🇦Apr 23, 2023

#garden #yeggarden

I'm thinking along the lines of morning glory, black-eyed Susan, sweet peas, maybe scarlet runner beans? Or should I try more perennial like Honeysuckle? Not sure how each of these tolerates mostly shade/part sun. Would not plant all of these, it's not a huge bed.

What do you think?

Show threadKathyReidApr 23, 2023
@ECityMom I don’t seem capable of killing hollyhocks or irises… and my clematis grows like crazy on an east facing wall
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@ECityMom oh and my echinacea grows well too
Apr 23, 2023 at 5:03pmWeb