Transcript The Very Shady Garden - James City County/Williamsburg

Gary and Debby
March 16, 2011
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To present the basic and simple concepts of
gardening in the shade
To give you a list of common, reasonably priced,
and easy to acquire plants for our area
To reinforce the Design Principles acquired in the
Master Gardener Program
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Unique
Full shade lasts all day
Woodland terrain
Apply the Design Principles
“Right plant for the right place”
Dependent upon good soil preparation
◦ Very organic
◦ Decaying leaves, etc.
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Trees
Soil conditions
Natural terrain
Foliage
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Cannot change these
Must work with them
No manmade lines
Your interest must be in the
natural woodland forest
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Natural flow of the
terrain
Planting around the
structures and trees
Repetition
Beauty in simplicity,
subtlety
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Harmony achieved
through
color/variegation,
form and texture
Accent can be
powerful
Scale upset by trees
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Deer resistant means
that deer are less likely
to eat it, due to its
aroma, medicinal taste,
or texture.
Common and
accessible shade plants
for our area
Deer resistant shade
plants for our area
“Only plastic plants and a
few cacti are truly deer
proof.” Sandy’s Plants
Catalog.
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Complex
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More dependent on the terrain and foliage than is sun gardening
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Can be an extremely creative and personal expression
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Pulls you back to nature
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Using the Design Principles-to design around what you have
http://okeechobee.ifas.ufl.edu
http://santarosa.ifas.ufl.edu
http://extension.missouri.edu
http://www.colostate.edu
http://www.extension.umn.edu
http://www.ext.vt.edu
www.vmga.org
www.jccwmg.org
www.sandysplants.com
www.ces.ncsu.edu
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http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgie
http://www.backyardgardener.com/shade.zone7.
html
Making the Most of Shade, Larry Hodgson, ISBN:
978-1579549671
American Horticultural Society, Southeast,
SmartGarden Regional Guide, Rita Pelczar and
William E. Barrick, ISBN: 978-0-7894-9494-8
Deerproofing Your Yard and Garden, Rhonda
Massingham Hart, ISBN:978-1-58017-585-2
Gardening in Deer Country, Vincent Drzewucki,
Jr., ISBN: 1-883283-09-4
Gary and Debby