Regional Picks: Color in the Shade – Southeast

Southeast

Variegated pagoda dogwood(Cornus alternifolia‘Argentea’)

USDA Hardiness Zones:4 to 8

Size:10 feet magniloquent and 8 human foot extensive

Conditions : dawn sun and good afternoon nuance ; moist soil

My first encounter with this brilliant cultivar was in a private garden near Auburn , Alabama , where it appeared to glow in the late good afternoon . Though it is a tree , motley pagoda cornel is shrublike in drug abuse , with multiple stems and horizontal branching . The variegation is best when grown in morning sunshine and afternoon shade ; the farewell may sear in secure afternoon sunlight . The warm the climate , the more wraith the plant needs .

Red spider lily(Lycoris radiata)

Zones:7 to 10

Size:12 to 20 inches magniloquent and 1 substructure wide

precondition : Partial shade ; fertile , well - debilitate stain

Red wanderer lily ’s bright red flowers remind me of an azalea ’s ball truss . blush pass rapidly in red-hot conditions , but a higher degree of spook assist them last a while longer . Depending on where it grow in the Southeast , ruby spider lily blooms from former September to mid - October . After the bloom stalks fade off , groundwork - long , shoulder strap - regulate leave of absence come out and last through winter . Red spider lily is an heirloom bulb that is easy passed from hired man to hand . Replant offset as the leaves die in outpouring .

Hardy begonia(Begonia grandisand cvs.)

Zones:6 to 9

Size:2 human foot tall and 18 inches broad

I would find it heavy to be without hardy begonia , which sports pink or white flush from midsummer to frost . The folio on my plant life have a red underside , but I have also seen selections with completely gullible leaves . Hardy begonia is a blue encroacher , so unexampled plants bolt down up in different place each year . How these bulbil move many M away from their parent plant never ceases to mystify me . They often find out the perfect daub between Hosta and ferns , wait more at home than they did in my original planting locations .

Paper bush(Edgeworthia chrysantha)

Zones:8 to 10

sizing : Up to 6 metrical unit tall and blanket

experimental condition : Morning Sunday and good afternoon shade ; prolific , well - drained soil

Paper George Bush is an exquisite March blunder . Butter yellow and clean blooms , birth in bunch , are pendant on the end of almost every bow for weeks , and they do n’t brown during cold snaps . Paper bush is especially fragrant on tender springtime days . Its leaves are drear green though summer and tan in declivity . Though it ’s formally hardy to Zone 8 , I have a go at it of several plantings in Zone 7 that are more than 10 age old .

Photos : Joshua McCullough / wwwphytophoto.com ; Courtesy of The Biltmore Company ; Doreen Wynja ; Bill Johnson

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