Garden Warriors Community Group

For people who bust their ass gardening to drive away the demons

7 Members
65 Posts
0 Online
Personal Challenges
/ Garden Warriors Support Group

Shade Annuals vs Perennials

Group FounderGhostwolf04
Ghostwolf04

What is your favorite shade annual? Fav shade perennial? Annuals tend to be more colorful, such as impatiens, begonias, and calladium. But perennials come back every year! $savings$ lol


I say hastas for perrenial foilage, calladium for annual. Coleus is usually pretty too.


As far as blooms, I always have impatiens because of their beautiful bright colors and low maintenance. I will plant some in my shade bed under the maple tree and in hanging pots on a shepherds hook next month or so.


Perrenial blooms I have vinca and peonies. Trying to find a new favorite shade perrenial to go in the flower beds I've been working on this week. I hope to have them all planted and mulched by Sunday.

invisablefriend
invisablefriend
I love peonies.
Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine
I have alot of perennials around my house....My daffodils are just starting to come through the ground.

I usually plant annuals around my veggies, The colorful flowers make my veggies happy and they grow faster...:)
Group FounderGhostwolf04
Ghostwolf04
I plant marigolds and poppies around my veggies, Bob. Always have petunias in pots and window boxes. Sometimes I grow lettuce in there too....which I know is weird but it's easier on my back.
Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine
That's a great idea. I think I might do that as well. As we get older, bending over repeatedly is not easy on the back.

I had some of these tall flowers around my veggies last year and I don't remember the name but they came in a box of cherios, I believe, the one with the bee on it and they grew almost as tall as me, by summer's end! It just came to me...they are called Cosmos, and were very colorful and tall and pretty.
Group FounderGhostwolf04
Ghostwolf04
Yeah we grow cosmos and coreopsis, which I think looks similar but is usually more orange and gold. Our cosmos is always pink. Their tallness makes them great for filling in ditches or border, or the back of a flower bed. Never heard of finding seeds in a cereal box! That's cool!
Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine
Here is some more information on that yearly cheerios promotion to help save the bees.

https://www.cheerios.com/bring-back-the-bees/
Group FounderGhostwolf04
Ghostwolf04
Wow that article was fascinating, I didn't realize how much bees help crops. There are several bee keeping operations near me and they sell honey.
My favorite plant to grow to attract bees is African Basil. They like the clover in my yard too, and my crabapple trees.
Posts You May Be Interested In
  • billwfriend

    great tasty results of smoking St Louis style ribs

    Posted by: billwfriend
    Last Reply: billwfriend
    6
    check out that smoke ring. It tasted really good. I smothered it with Maulls BBQ sauce which is Local to St. Louis and one of the best I ever had.....
  • Albatross

    Loneliness is part of my identity now

    Posted by: Albatross
    Last Reply: hasty_05
    6
     I was recently separated from my wife of 33 years and it's complicated. Anyway I rented a room about 15 minutes away and I see my kids about once a week. I see the people who own the house I live in once in a while but other than that I stay in my room where I do my cooking, wash dishes in the shower, read, color, and sleep. I get out at least once a day. I grocery shop and I attend 2 meetings...