I am shopping for plants
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>I live in zone 6, I will have need for full sun, hot shade, woodland shade.
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>Woodland shade is under the trees in our woods. These plants will need to
>be able to tolerate loooowwww water. I can tend to them in the beginning
>the first year by carrying water to them, then after that I would like for
>them to be on their own. AND pest resistant. Later in summer it will get
>over 100 with chiggers, mosquitos and ticks and it will be difficult to
tend
>to them every day.
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>Below is a list of plants I can get locally usually when I order fr catalog
>they die and I'm out the money.....
>columbine
> bleeding hearts
> moonbeam coreopsis
> DELPHINIUM
> foxglove
> shasta daisy
> black eyed susan
> asters
> loosestrife
> phlox
> garden phlox
> woodland phlox
> stone crop
> dianthus
> cosmos- annuals which go to seed?
> zinnias- annuals which go to seed?
> artemesia (sp)
> litirus(sp)
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>Please contact me via my email at tlandsaw@msn.com
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>Thank you very much!
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>T Landsaw

What you have is known as dry shade. None of the plants you listed are really suitable for dry shade although many will do fine in hot sun.

Here is a list of dry shade plants:

Lily of the Valley
Geranium macrorrhizum (usually Ingwertson's Variety)
Fern-leaved bleeding heart (Luxuriant or Exemia)
Liriope (Lilyturf)
Lamium
Lunaria (perennial Honesty)
Epimedium

Most of these plants are pretty easy to grow and you should have success ordering from a catalog. Also check the guarantee. Most catalogs will replace any plants that die within a year of purchase.

You might check with a local botanical garden (who can generally also provide names of sources for obtaining plants) to find some species native to your area. We conservation biologists LOVE to promote native species so I couldn't pass up the opportunity. Besides usually being PERFECTLY suited to your climate/conditions/realm of pests,you are promoting the natural ecosystem that would persist in your area. Always a good thing to brag about to the neighbors. Don't be fooled into thinking that natives are all weedy and straggly looking. You can find some real beauties out there. After all, where do you think the plants in the nursuries came from? Mother Nature Knows Best. Good Luck!

Thank you for your information.

I am blessed by Mother Nature with many, many, native wildflowers on our place we have 28 acres on a hill which has several faces


My daughter says if it floweres it gets to stay in my garden

She is pretty much right why fight it. I simply to try to add to what I have

But our walkpath could use some sprucing up or a little more color along the way

I also use the mulch from the floor of woods to mulch our flower beds

Thank you again, parkranger

Thank you for the information

I had the impression that the plants I listed could not stand our hot heat in late summer but....

Appresicate the list of plants you gave me and believe I saw some of them at our nurseries

We are located in Green Country in OK and are blessed with many local nurseries and many growers

I am blessed with many native wildflowers on our 28 acres. These acres are on a hill so it has several faces. Throughout the seasons we can see different plants. We love to walk and see what is blooming this day.

Our walk path needs some additional color I will take your advise and try your suggestions.

Thank you again, kaytee.

Since no one has mentioned them yet, I have to plug daylillies. They are one of the easiest perennials to grow, stand up to heat, humidity, drought, and have no insect pests that I have ever seen. They love full sun, but will tolerate a little shade. And they bloom like crazy with the most beautiful flowers. As for dry shade areas, these have worked for me: liriope, ajuga, sweet woodruff, hosta, sedums. These are really tough plants. I hope this has helped and good luck!