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 Normally, we think of a
hosta garden as being a shade garden so it would seem
that this would not be a great place for most flowering
bulbs which fall into the full sun category. However, if
the shade is provided by deciduous trees, then the
garden is actually a full sun garden until the leaves
come onto the trees. This can be late in the season for
trees such as oaks so the bulbs have time to emerge,
flower and restore the energy in the bulb before the
shade develops.
A group of bulb plants
called ephemerals are highly adapted to the shade
environment. They come up early in the season, do their
job and then disappear as the heat of the summer
approaches. Many of these plants come originally from
the woodlands and are fully adapted to the conditions in
the typical shade garden. |
