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  1. Svetlana Kolesova, Bryansk region

    It seems that not so long ago we got a piece of land, and the trees and bushes have grown and cast a shadow where vegetables and flowers used to grow. Tell me what flowers that do not require special care can be planted there.

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      Many summer residents face this problem. In nature, not all plants have enough space under the sun, and many of them have adapted to live in the shade. Spring flowers - primroses, hyacinths, crocuses - feel good under the crowns of deciduous trees. During their flowering, there are almost no leaves on the trees, which does not prevent the penetration of light. Then they don't need light anymore.
      In summer, in partial shade, astilba, aquilegia, and bathing suit grow well and delight with their flowering.
      Flowers that can easily be grown in shady areas include periwinkle, bergenia, and hosta.
      Periwinkle grows well even in heavily shaded places: under the crowns of trees, near solid fences, near bushes. Its leaves are beautiful, leathery, evergreen, and blue flowers appear within two weeks in early spring. After a few years, a real carpet is formed from a small plant. If it is not limited, the periwinkle can capture all new territories.

      Badan is a rather shade-tolerant evergreen plant. It grows well in semi-shady places, it develops worse in sunny places. In one place can grow 10 years or more. It has large green leaves with a beautiful shiny surface. In autumn they turn bronze-red and remain so until spring. During flowering, bergenia produces thick peduncles with purple-pink flowers collected in a thick brush. Badan blooms from late April to mid-May.
      In shady places, dark green hostas can be planted. Their main advantage is beautiful oval leaves, which are located on petioles and are collected in a rosette, which gives the bushes a special appeal. And the hostas are blooming beautifully. In one place can grow more than 10 years. Plants are winter-hardy, but in spring they can suffer from frosts.

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  2. Guest of the site "With Your Own Hands"

    How to create a shadow
    There is a house on the site, but there are practically no tall trees. Share your experience, how can this be fixed in a short time? The site is located in the Moscow region, the soil; loam + sand, water at a depth of 4-5 meters. Thank you.

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  3. Andrey Belyaev, Obninsk

    The abandoned site was restored - the land is fertile, but there is a shadow there until lunchtime. What is better to sow in such beds?

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      - Most vegetables do not feel good in the shade. However, cabbage and potatoes are more resistant to this. Tomatoes can also grow, but their ripening period will be extended, and the fruits will be less tasty. In the described area, you can also plant zucchini, pumpkins and squash

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  4. Olesya

    Many summer residents have empty dark corners behind the house. Not all plants can live in the shade. But ferns thrive in a shady forest where the soil is acidic and moist. To transplant a fern from the forest, you need to dig a hole on the site and transfer the plant there along with a decent lump of earth. Try to keep as much roots and forest soil as possible. Mineral and organic fertilizers are not needed - it is better to bring forest land.

    The composition with the living fountain of green ferns perfectly combines funkias. They need to be planted away from ferns - funkii are also shade-loving, but they do not like acidic soil. Bring them garden soil. At the end of July, the funkii will bloom. Find a spot for an astilba with crimson, white and purple flowers nearby. It will make a wonderful corner to relax in the shade.

    We've noticed that different flowers perceive sunlight differently. Crocus loves the sun so much that it withers in the shade, does not want to grow. But the groves and forget-me-nots seem to care where they live, in the shade or in the clearing. Lilies of the valley and periwinkles are trying to go under the tree tent. Here they have large leaves and cheerful flowers. In May, daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, primroses and forget-me-nots bloom on our site.

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  5. Galina Krasilova, Krasnoyarsk

    Tell me, what are the shady annuals that bloom all summer?

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      Unfortunately, shade-loving flowers do not exist. All plants need light - as a source of nutrition. But there are plants that can tolerate shading to one degree or another. Such plants are called shade tolerant.
      Mostly almost all flowers love the sun, but some species of annuals can put up with light partial shade.
      Multi-colored cosmeas can create a bright joyful atmosphere even in the shaded areas of the site. But the cosmea of ​​light tones — white or pale pink — will look especially good here.

      Lavater, especially white, will also grow well in such areas.
      Nasturtiums and marigolds, lobelia, viola and balsamins can also grow in light partial shade.

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  6. Guest of the site "With Your Own Hands"

    how to use shadow areas

    On any site there are fully or partially shaded places. And they can be used to good use.

    There are many beautiful perennial plants that can grow in partial shade (hosta, Volzhanka, astilba, bought, etc.). But some vegetable crops can be planted in light partial shade. These are greens such as arugula, mustard, spinach, salad.

    Cabbage species such as broccoli and cauliflower also grow in partial shade. Some varieties of radishes will yield crops here, and chard and beets will also grow to produce foliage. The main thing is not to thicken the plants and carry out weeding on time.

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  7. Liliya Romanovna GRIBOVA, Ryazan region, Kasimov

    Please advise which flowering plants to plant in the shade.

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      To revitalize the shaded areas in the garden, you can plant such plants as astilba, aquilegia, lily of the valley, cuff, bergenia, foxglove, snowdrop, host and aconite. Almost all onion crops will feel great here. For such places also suitable fern, girlish grapes, hydrangea.
      There is another option: place indoor plants on the shady areas - tuber begonia, callas, balsamins, and in the fall take them home.

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  8. Andrey Yarovoy, Grodno

    A small part of my garden is constantly in the shadow of the fence and the apple tree. What vegetables can be grown in this place? Do they need special care?

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      - The lack of light affects all vegetable plants. The less light that enters the plot, the worse the harvest will be and the stronger the plants will be prone to disease. It is better to place in that place a compost pile that will not dry out in the sun, or shade-tolerant ornamental plants (thujas, junipers, hosts, ferns, astilbe).

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  9. Nikolai Fedorovich MARCHENKOV, Penza region, Nizhny Lomov

    Once I discovered that lilies of the valley can be planted in shady and damp places where nothing practically grows. The perfect place is around the trees.

    Most of all I was inspired by the fact that you can plant lilies of the valley before winter, which I did before last autumn. For planting I prepared grooves in the ground that was previously fertilized with humus and placed delenki (sprouts with roots, shared by a neighbor) there at a distance 10 cm from each other. Between the rows, I stood the distance in 20-25, see. It is impossible to thicken the plantings: the flowers may be affected by gray mold. After that, he grunted the surface.

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    I do not recommend planting seeds of lilies of the valley: germination of almost all seeds is very low and flowers grow in that case for a very long time.
    The autumn was warm and there were practically no frosts until the end of October. Covered with mulch, lilies of the valley had a good wintertime, and in the spring they pleased with abundant greens and flowers.
    Why do I advise planting lilies of the valley in the fall? It's simple: if you do this in the spring, the sprouts will take a long time to take root, they will hurt and bloom only next year. In the fall, they will have time to form the root system before wintering, and in the spring, with a thaw, they will immediately grow.
    If the soil at the planting site is acidified, add dolomite flour, ash, lime. There is nowhere to take care of lilies of the valley - I weed the area from weeds, water it if the soil dries up, and fertilize it with any organic matter, whether it is manure or compost. I believe that for a shady place in a summer cottage there is nothing better than lilies of the valley. But we must remember that these flowers fill the territory very quickly, so they need to be thinned out every 2 years.

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  10. Guest of the site "With Your Own Hands"

    Friends often ask to suggest plants that can be put into the room, and even the angle where sunlight rarely falls. There are such!

    1. Dieffenbachia
    For her perfect diffused light. It is even advisable to keep it behind the curtain. The plant is especially decorative in the spring-summer period, when bright tender leaves appear in the center.
    2. Calathea
    For the patterned leaves of this plant the sun's rays are dangerous. The best option for calathea is partial shade.
    3. Chlorophytum crested
    Very unpretentious, so it is loved by flower growers. The plant can do without the sun for a long time and not only will not be “offended”, but will continue to purify the air.
    4. Dracaena marginata
    Distinguished by the original coloring of the leaves - they are green with a reddish-purple border around the edges. The plant is very unpretentious and at the same time loves the shadow.

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  11. Yegor Ivanovich Kuprin, Tver

    The recommendations for growing plants often include the concepts of “full illumination”, “penumbra” and “shadow”. How to determine compliance with these characteristics of specific areas?

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      Everyone knows that our star is moving from east to west during the day, because of which sunny areas in the first half of the day often end up in the shade. Thus, the places completely lighted throughout the daylight, where there are trees and bushes, fences and buildings, simply cannot be. Therefore, the term “full illumination” suggests something different: it extends to areas exposed to the direct sun for at least 6 hours.

      In turn, the penumbra suggests direct sunlight from 4 to 6 hours per day.
      If the earth "sees" the sun only less than 3 hours a day, then we can talk about full shadow.
      Of course, such data can only be obtained by measuring the duration of sunlight. Moreover, it is best to do this twice a year, since the angle of incidence of sunlight varies depending on the season. Starting from spring, the height of the sun increases until mid-summer, after which it begins to decline. Accordingly, the “map” of the illuminance of the site changes. It is necessary to know this, since part of the crops is sown or planted in spring, and part in the second half of summer.

      Measurements should be taken at nine in the morning, noon and three in the afternoon. The data is applied to three tracing papers with maps of the plot, where different areas are shaded with pencils of two colors: for example, illumination - red, shadow - blue. Further combination of cards makes it possible to draw up a single plan of illumination during the day. Places where only red is present are classified as fully lit, spaces where there are two red and one blue region are penumbra, and, finally, areas characterized by only blue are completely shaded. In accordance with this plan, as well as the agricultural technology of specific cultures, it is necessary to build our own gardening activities.

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