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Good plants for shaded areas?
Hi Anne,
Thanks! The fire was fueled by pine needles and fallen branches, leaves, etc.. It was that Sunday evening a few weekends ago where it was really nice during the day and then got really windy at night. Our neighbor had a small bonfire going down by our lake and the wind picked up suddenly and that was all it took. I had a couple of fire extinguishers and a hose and went over there as soon as she called me but it spread faster than you would imagine. The fire extinguishers were pretty much worthless. Luckily the Bahama Volunteer Fire Department did a great job of containing it and putting it out. We will be forever grateful to them, with that fire and the wind feeding it, it looked for a while like everything was going to go up in flames. Robert "Anne Lurie" wrote in message . com... Robert, I *think* that azaleas should grow fairly well in partial pine shade (assuming the sun shines on the azaleas part of the day). If you like hostas, you might check out the selection at Plant Delights http://www.plantdelights.com/, where there are a "gazillion" varieties for sale. BTW, do you know what fueled the fire? Was it the pine needles under the pine trees? (There are pine trees near my house, but I always thought the pine needles themselves were too damp to burn; I might re-think that and rake more of them onto compost piles.) Anne Lurie NE Raleigh "Robert" wrote in message hlink.net... After working outside on our property all last weekend I'm really looking forward to getting down to some gardening this year ;-) A large part of our 2.5 acre lot is wooded with very tall pine trees (no lower branches, branches and needles up towards the top) and some smaller hardwood trees (1" - 6" diameter). After our neighbor had a fire in the woods we've decided to clear out some of the smaller trees, pine needles and vines and try to get some mixture of ground cover and flowering plants going to provide us a buffer around the house in case of another fire. Can anyone recommend plants that grow well in the shade, that will have some variety in color, size, etc? You can get a pretty good idea of what the area I'm talking about looks like in the second photo down he http://woozy.com/fire/ We don't plan on planting the whole thing, but a good 20 - 30' out from the house is what the fire department recommends. We have about 10' of lawn and then we need to go 10 - 20 into the woods. Thanks, Robert |
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