Nursery - Mary's Plant Farm Nursery, Garden Center, and Landscaping. Unusual plants, gift shop, weddings, florist services. We sell shrubs, trees, roses, perennials, bulbs, containers, garden statuary, etc.

2410 Lanes Mill Road     Hamilton, Ohio  45013 phone: 513-894-0022     fax: 513-892-2053

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SOME SHADE PERENNIALS We have heard from many people who have problems finding perennials, other than Ivy, Hosta, and Ferns, that will tolerate shade. The following is a partial listing of perennials and shrubs which will not only thrive in the shade, but some will have lovely bloom. They need not be restricted to being grown in the shade, some of these varieties also do very well in the sun, if watered when dry. Perennials: Aconite, Alchemilla, Allium, Amsonia, Astilbe, Anemone, Aquilegia, Baptisia, Betony, Brunneria Macrophylla, Dicentra, Hesperus, Fillependula Hexapetala Vulgaris, Lamium, Lillium, Macleaya (Bocconia), Malva, Matricaria, Monarda, Physostegia, Polemonium, Pulmonaria, Rudebeckia 'Goldstrum', Thalictrum, Trollius, Centaurea Montana, Helenium, Eupatorium Shrubs: Amelancheir, Aronia, Chamaecyparis, Diervilla, Euonymus, Fothergillia, Many Viburnums, Hydrangea, Rhamnus, Spirea, Albiflora, Spirea, Bumalda, Vitex, Microbiata Decussata, Stephanandra, Hydrangea Quercifolia & others Vines: Ampelopsis Brev. Var., Clematis Paniculata, Hydrangea Petiolaris, Lonicera Aurea Reticulata Understory Trees: Chionanthus, Euonymus Atropurpureus & Am., Halesia, Carolina Silverbell, Hamamelis (Witch Hazel), Styrax Jap.

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Last updated 2001 February 8.


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