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Monday - July 30, 2007
From: Rockport, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Shade Tolerant
Title: Recommendations for native shade plants in sandy soil
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
I live in Rockport, TX, and would like to plant a small, shaded triangular corner (bounded on 2 sides by wooden fence)in my front yard. The area has limited southern exposure due to shading by live oaks & receives little or no sunlight. Soils are sandy. Any recommendations?ANSWER:
Here are some suggestions for plants found in Aransas County, Texas that should do well in sandy shade or part shade:Wildflowers:
Argemone albiflora (bluestem pricklypoppy)
Argemone sanguinea (red pricklypoppy)
Callirhoe involucrata (purple poppymallow)
Coreopsis tinctoria (golden tickseed)
Delphinium carolinianum (Carolina larkspur)
Echinacea angustifolia (blacksamson echinacea)
Gaillardia pulchella (firewheel)
Ruellia nudiflora (violet wild petunia)
Sisyrinchium langloisii (roadside blue-eyed grass)
Solidago altissima (late goldenrod)
Tradescantia subacaulis (stemless spiderwort)
Xanthisma texanum (Texas sleepydaisy)
Low shrubs:
Acacia angustissima (prairie acacia)
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides (St. Andrew's cross)
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