"Val" wrote in message
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"I Love Lucy" wrote in message
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If I have to put them on the east
side of the house which has the most room, will they bloom with only
half a day of sun?

Sweet peas do best with FULL sun for most of the day. I've planted
them in partial shade and got leggy pitiful plants with sparse blooms.
Make sure you pick them as they bloom, once they start setting seed
pods they quit blooming.

That's what I figured and that's why the telephone poles seem the best
option, most of my yard is shaded part of the day because I have too
many trees that I won't part with. My house faces south, so that would
be good but between my aging birch clump (lets some sun through in am)
and my neighbor's crabapple, everything is partly shaded except a couple
spots right in the center where it would interfere with mowing and I
have enough problem getting that done as it is.


2. The Forget Me Not packet has the usual, says it's a bienniel.
Does that mean it takes until the second year to flower?

I tossed a pinch of Forget Me Not seeds in each of my larger
containers.....(I grow everything on my small balcony -5x7ft- and all
are in containers; trees, shrubs, climatis, roses, fuschias and the
usual annuals)......and a few bloomed the first year and I have had
enough reappear every year for the past 5 years that it's a yearly
ritual to thin them ruthlessly and they are still thriving. I get both
pink and blue all from the same "blue" packet. Must be the soil ph I
assume. They do make a lovely filler though. I have several roses in
containers and the FMN make a nice addition to fill in empty spaces. I
personally do not practice moderation in gardening. As long as they
get fed and watered everything grows in abundence. The FMN also look
pretty in boquets and last quite well.
I don't have a whole lot of room for plants that require full sun
right now

There are lots of plants that flower in the shade and those that also
have colorful foliage. Go to the library or do a Google on shade
gardening. You'll be amazed! Good luck!

I am finding a lot of them on commercial sites, having trouble deciding
what will go well with what. I think FMN does grow in partial shady
areas, probably won't bloom as profusely as full sun. I plan to start
them in containers this spring and set them in the ground somewhere in
the fall, but I want lots of clumps of them. I think they would look
nice with baby's breath, am trying some this year for the first time,
think they might self seed but don't know yet. I don't want to get
locked into too much permanent container gardening. For one thing, when
they are full of damp soil, they are too heavy to lug around, and I live
in a regular house on an average but narrow lot.

I have a long back terrace that I long to get tiers going, but I don't
want just any old railroad ties, etc. That will have to wait until next
year. It would get plenty of sun.

The biggest problem I have alway had with yard gardening is finding the
right place and combination of plants for that area. I would rather not
use too many hostas as everybody has them and I like to be different.

Thanks for the input. I appreciate it.