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From: nemo@rochester.ARPA (Wolfe)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: Shade Tolerant Flowers
Message-ID: <17904@rochester.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 7-May-86 11:06:21 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  7 11:06:21 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 11-May-86 00:22:54 EDT
Reply-To: nemo@rochester.UUCP (Richard Newman-Wolfe)
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Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept, Rochester, NY
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>> Can anyone recommend some flowers that will
>> grow well in a shady yard?

Lungwort is much prettier than it sounds.  It is a well-behaved plant
that likes shade and moisture.  It grows to a foot or two in height,
with large, deep green leaves speckled with pale green spots (the 
foliage is quite nice by itself).  The pink and purple flowers appear
in profusion in the mid spring, and it stays green all winter (though
a bit limp).  It doesn't seem to require much care, I just toss a 
little fertilizer on it in the spring and a little in the fall, and
water it if it is getting dry.  It is a hardy perennial, surviving
Rochester winters easily.  It is poisonous, so don't let the kids eat
it (so is lilly-of-the-valley).
Nemo