An irreverent take on gardening in the Midwest by a frequently disgruntled gardener.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Idiosyncratic Light Requirements

I love this hardy hibiscus plant, even though it's a bit leggy.
I have a feeling that a lot of my sun-loving plants out front in the bed near the road are struggling with too much shade, leading to leggy behavior.  Interestingly, though, I've got phlox further back in the front yard that gets even spottier sun and seems to be doing well.

It doesn't even have powdery mildew this year!  This morning I was drooling over a Bluestone Perennial catalog and noticed that they list phlox as requiring absolutely full sun; I have quite a few phlox plants doing reasonably well in what I would call part sun to part shade. 

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