In article , Mike
writes

OK. "Owners".

Does that suit her ladyship?

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Quite amazing what a paucity of information you have to offer - other
than continuing to confirm that you appear to be suffering from some
sort of OCD and narcissm.

Also, it looks like we have some sock puppets again. "Caroline and
Trev" - I'm not sure who is posting them but it is through ntl.

--
regards andyw

Uncle-C wrote in message
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Hi there ! I'm sure this old chesnut has made a previous appearance !!
I need to cover or at least partially fill a shaded area underneath my
Yew tree. I have had very little success over the last growing season
so was wanting to ask what would be the best thing to plant.

Thanks

Uncle-C

High Wycombe - Chalk and flint abound !

Hi,

Under my Yew tree, I am successfully growing Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis),
an unknown species of viola, a spreading clump of variegated Aspidistra -
suitably hardened off first, of course!

Without my consent, I also have growing Geum urbium, the Wood Avens and what
I believe is Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana).

I have plenty of Chiastophyllum oppositifolium, a spreading alpine with
lovely primrose-coloured drooping tassles above a mass of fleshy
rosette-forming leaves. For an alpine it is fairly tolerant of shade, so
I'm going to transplant some beneath the Yew and see how it copes. It may
be worth trying any slightly thuggish shade-lover. Vinca would be a strong
contender, and lovely with snowdrops growing through it.

Spider

Spider wrote:

Under my Yew tree, I am successfully growing Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis),
an unknown species of viola, a spreading clump of variegated Aspidistra -
suitably hardened off first, of course!
Without my consent, I also have growing Geum urbium, the Wood Avens and what
I believe is Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana).

(snip)

Charming. Simply charming )

Spider wrote:
Under my Yew tree, I am successfully growing Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis),
an unknown species of viola, a spreading clump of variegated Aspidistra -
suitably hardened off first, of course!
Without my consent, I also have growing Geum urbium, the Wood Avens and what
I believe is Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana).

Oops ... I forgot in my admiration .... the geum is the 'urbanum' not
urbium?! Urbium is the saxifraga is it not?

But it doesn't really matter. It still sounds really nice.

My garden butts up to a churchyard. I have Cyclamen growing just under the
canopy of the Yews, though admittedly in full sun for 6 hours May-Sep.
Underneath the Yews in the rest of the churchyard there plenty of nettles
bindweed, various grasses et al.

I'd give Cyclamen, Aconites (the January flowering type and snowdrops a go)

On 23/11/05 6:37 pm, in article
, "Trevor"
wrote:

My garden butts up to a churchyard. I have Cyclamen growing just under the
canopy of the Yews, though admittedly in full sun for 6 hours May-Sep.
Underneath the Yews in the rest of the churchyard there plenty of nettles
bindweed, various grasses et al.

I'd give Cyclamen, Aconites (the January flowering type and snowdrops a go)


But, but, but, the OP wanted something to fill in the gaps in the lower part
of the trunks of his Yew hedge. I don't think these delightful little
plants will do that. Only he can tell, of course. But I have the
impression that he's looking for something bushier and higher and so
on......
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

In message , Sacha
writes
On 23/11/05 6:37 pm, in article
, "Trevor"
wrote:

My garden butts up to a churchyard. I have Cyclamen growing just under the
canopy of the Yews, though admittedly in full sun for 6 hours May-Sep.
Underneath the Yews in the rest of the churchyard there plenty of nettles
bindweed, various grasses et al.

I'd give Cyclamen, Aconites (the January flowering type and snowdrops a go)


But, but, but, the OP wanted something to fill in the gaps in the lower part
of the trunks of his Yew hedge. I don't think these delightful little
plants will do that. Only he can tell, of course. But I have the
impression that he's looking for something bushier and higher and so
on......

That wasn't my impression, he said 'cover or at least partially fill a
shaded area' I took that to mean ground cover.
--
Chris French

On 24/11/05 9:04 am, in article , "chris
French" wrote:

In message , Sacha
writes
On 23/11/05 6:37 pm, in article
, "Trevor"
wrote:

My garden butts up to a churchyard. I have Cyclamen growing just under the
canopy of the Yews, though admittedly in full sun for 6 hours May-Sep.
Underneath the Yews in the rest of the churchyard there plenty of nettles
bindweed, various grasses et al.

I'd give Cyclamen, Aconites (the January flowering type and snowdrops a go)


But, but, but, the OP wanted something to fill in the gaps in the lower part
of the trunks of his Yew hedge. I don't think these delightful little
plants will do that. Only he can tell, of course. But I have the
impression that he's looking for something bushier and higher and so
on......

That wasn't my impression, he said 'cover or at least partially fill a
shaded area' I took that to mean ground cover.

Yes, you're right - I went back and looked again. Maybe bulbs/corms as
suggested will do the trick for part of the time and I then wondered if
lamium would work in such a position or even Geranium palmatum.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

La puce wrote in message
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Spider wrote:
Under my Yew tree, I am successfully growing Snowdrops (Galanthus
nivalis),
an unknown species of viola, a spreading clump of variegated
Aspidistra -
suitably hardened off first, of course!
Without my consent, I also have growing Geum urbium, the Wood Avens and
what
I believe is Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana).

Oops ... I forgot in my admiration .... the geum is the 'urbanum' not
urbium?! Urbium is the saxifraga is it not?

But it doesn't really matter. It still sounds really nice.


Thanks for your admiration. And yes, you're right ... it is Geum urbanum;
serves me right for trying to do it from memory! "Urbanum" always seems a
strange tag to give a woodland plant - even an edge of woodland plant. I
would have expected "sylvestris" or something of that nature. "Urbanum"
seems to suggest a townscape or out-of-town wasteland. Just as well I don't
want a job as a taxonomist :~).

Spider

In article , Spider
writes

La puce wrote in message
roups.com...

Spider wrote:
Under my Yew tree, I am successfully growing Snowdrops (Galanthus
nivalis),
an unknown species of viola, a spreading clump of variegated
Aspidistra -
suitably hardened off first, of course!
Without my consent, I also have growing Geum urbium, the Wood Avens and
what
I believe is Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana).

Oops ... I forgot in my admiration .... the geum is the 'urbanum' not
urbium?! Urbium is the saxifraga is it not?

But it doesn't really matter. It still sounds really nice.


Thanks for your admiration. And yes, you're right ... it is Geum urbanum;
serves me right for trying to do it from memory! "Urbanum" always seems a
strange tag to give a woodland plant - even an edge of woodland plant. I
would have expected "sylvestris" or something of that nature. "Urbanum"
seems to suggest a townscape or out-of-town wasteland.

Well, it is one of the most irritating and common garden weeds, so
'urbanum' is a good epithet in that respect.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

"Kay" wrote in message
...
In article , Spider
writes

La puce wrote in message
groups.com...

Spider wrote:
Under my Yew tree, I am successfully growing Snowdrops (Galanthus
nivalis),
an unknown species of viola, a spreading clump of variegated
Aspidistra -
suitably hardened off first, of course!
Without my consent, I also have growing Geum urbium, the Wood Avens
and
what
I believe is Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana).

Oops ... I forgot in my admiration .... the geum is the 'urbanum' not
urbium?! Urbium is the saxifraga is it not?

But it doesn't really matter. It still sounds really nice.


Thanks for your admiration. And yes, you're right ... it is Geum urbanum;
serves me right for trying to do it from memory! "Urbanum" always seems a
strange tag to give a woodland plant - even an edge of woodland plant. I
would have expected "sylvestris" or something of that nature. "Urbanum"
seems to suggest a townscape or out-of-town wasteland.

Well, it is one of the most irritating and common garden weeds, so
'urbanum' is a good epithet in that respect.
--
Kay

Alternatively it was called "the blessed herb" Herba Benedicta.

The message k
from Sacha contains these words:


Maybe bulbs/corms as
suggested will do the trick for part of the time and I then wondered if
lamium would work in such a position or even Geranium palmatum.
--
Sacha


Carrying on the Geranium theme, I find that G. nodosum copes well with
very dry conditions including deep shade.

Janet G

On 26/11/05 0:58, in article , "Janet
Galpin" wrote:

The message k
from Sacha contains these words:


Maybe bulbs/corms as
suggested will do the trick for part of the time and I then wondered if
lamium would work in such a position or even Geranium palmatum.
--
Sacha


Carrying on the Geranium theme, I find that G. nodosum copes well with
very dry conditions including deep shade.

I haven't tried that one but we often recommend G. palmatum for such
situations and the Lamium does well, too. Vinca was someone else's
suggestion, I believe and I feel sure it would work but in this garden it's
become something of a thug in all-too-many areas!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

The message k
from Sacha contains these words:
On 26/11/05 0:58, in article , "Janet
Galpin" wrote:
The message k
from Sacha contains these words:

Maybe bulbs/corms as
suggested will do the trick for part of the time and I then wondered if
lamium would work in such a position or even Geranium palmatum.

Carrying on the Geranium theme, I find that G. nodosum copes well with
very dry conditions including deep shade.

I haven't tried that one but we often recommend G. palmatum for such
situations and the Lamium does well, too. Vinca was someone else's
suggestion, I believe and I feel sure it would work but in this garden it's
become something of a thug in all-too-many areas!

Has anyone thought of planting 'mind your own business' on its side?

--
Rusty
horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

Hi, it's not true! There are things that will grow under a yew tree. I have a mass of honeysuckle that I have trained round the trunks and up into the branches of the 2 massive yews in my garden. I also have cyclamen and geraniums under there. I am looking for other things to plant as I am not too keen on geraniums. Daphne was one suggestion I was given for a shrub, so I am going to give that a go and see how I get on. If anyone has any other suggestions other than 'nothing will grow there' I would love to hear them too. Thanks. Beck