On Feb 11, 2:51 pm, "Butterrose" wrote:
Hello:
I live in CA, Zone 9. I will be helping a friend this spring plant in
her backyard and I will need to include some shade loving plants as
well as we want to attract butterflys.
She has a large redwood and a large palm tree in the area we want to
work in. The area does get a lot of sahde but some sun.
Suggestions, ideas?
Thanks!
Redwood and a plam? Talk about night and day. A picture would help a
lot but I would suggest Heuchera
http://www.prairiestarflowers.com/he...erry%20Ice.htm
it comes in purple foliage to green and pink red and white flowers
depending on leaf color. Asparagus fern sprengeri and or myersi
http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/dbpages/
asparagus_sprengeri.html
http://toptropicals.com/pics/garden/...aragus5716.jpg
In the sunny spots scabiosa is a great plant
http://www.uib.es/servei/comunicacio...iposa)_jpg.jpg