On 9/7/07 6:00 PM, in article ,
"enigma" wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote in
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On 9/7/07 3:58 PM, in article
, "enigma"
wrote:

i scored a bunch of plants, 3 Lady's Mantle, 3 pink
Astilbe, 3 stonecrop, 2 Red October hostas & 4 hellebores
(white prince, i think), all gallon size pots & all free.
i know where i want to put everything but the hellebores,
because i know pretty much nothing about them. any
suggestions?

The hosta, hellebore and astilbe in the shade some place
and lady's mantle and stone crop in the sun.

i'm going to put the stoncrop along the stone wall next to
the driveway. there's some sedum there in one patch that does
well. everything else dies from the dry & sun. i think the
stine crop will do ok there.
the lady's mantle i already have gets shade in the afternoon.
i was going to fill in the weedy former garden area around it
with the new lady's mantle. it's at the bottom of the stone
walls facing southeast...
the astilbies will have shade until i get the damned Norway
maple cut down, but if it then becomes too sunny i can move
them.

I want a start of the hosta!!!! I googled it and WOW! want
to meet and I'll bring some daylilies

ok. i can cut a start out when i plant them. they are much
prettier than the hostas that came with the house (which
actually look much better now that i moved them out of full
sun). i want to put them by the back door instead of the ditch
lillies, but again, they'll lose the shade when the maple gets
taken down.
I've never had much luck with hosta that didn't have 50% shade.

i do need suggestions for replacing the maple. we *need* the
shade in the summer, but i loathe that tree. i think it's too
dry for red maple there.
Is it a Norway maple? That is the only maple I hate (it's a weed). I have a
few seedling trees I can pot up for you
when do you want to get together?
Tuesday? I think that might be the only free day next week....
C