Self-Sowing Annuals for Shade
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I'm starting my search for self-sowing annuals for shade. I already know lunaria does well in shade. I guess I should say this would be for part shade to bright-medium shade. Anybody have any suggestions?
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I love larkspur and they do reasonably well in part shade as long as they get some sun. Snapdragons might be another choice.
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How 'bout nastursiums. They do well for me in an area that gets shade half the day, and volunteers come up the next year. They take a little while to get going in the spring, but I still had blooms in December (zone 6)
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Do you have a bunch of Jacob's ladder yet?? I know its not an annual, But I love it, and it puts out such nice blooms in the spring. It was like a spring race to see whether the Jacobs ladder in its ideal setting would bloom before my poorly placed Paperwhites in the place I used to have.
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Fergetme knots? Johnny jump-ups?
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All of these are great ideas. Thanks, guys. I also remembered Angelica. I think that self-seeds.
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Hello Shade Queen, Trolling Archives for fun as a new kid on site. Of course spotted your 2002 Lunaria message. Money Plant - Lunaria - is indeed OK for shade. My mother had Hostas right up against the north foundation of her house and scattered money plant among them. They never got more than indirect light, and made a huge crop of money plant every year. They self-seeded forever. She always picked and dried it for me (would put in a large paper grocery bag, and tie closed at the top, capturing the stems. They would hang in her garage until I visited. She did the same with old-fashioned Celosia. Interestingly, the year before she died was the first year they didn't really reseed. Miss her and these treasures she gave me.
So what did you plant eventually? Sweet Rocket, or Dame's Rocket - Hesperis - would also do OK since it thrives in woods here in the wild. It is a biennial like money plant. I also have an interesting Rudbeckia that since I discovered it in the wild a long time ago is now sold by nurseries. It often grew right under trees along dry roadsides - so it got a little sun....name - Rudbeckia Triloba. It is really a wildflower and in Petersen's guide. It also reseeds...a lot. It's called Triloba because the first sets of leaves on new growth have 3-lobes. Other features it has is that is dries beautifully in silica sand. I think they are creating some cultivars of this now to increase the # of blooms and make it shorter, but I kind of like it tall.
Perennials I have also grown in "companion" shade planting - Pink Spiderwort interplanted with Hardy Ageratum, with some creeping Buttercup in front of them. Gardening in the sun now, but still have the same plants! Just sharing..... Pat/Lunaria