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kangaroo paws in partial shade?
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Posted by lilafter 10 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 30, 06 at 1:52
| i have 5 kangaroo paws grown from seed since last winter. they've been elevated up high to get full sun and are living in pots but i'd like to get them in the ground eventually.
the only problem is that i don't have a full sun area. the best i have is full sun in the summer and partial sun the rest of the year or another area that has partial sun year round.
will kangaroo paws grow in partial sun? i'd hate for them to die from sun starvation after all the effort.
any experience with them in partial shade/sun?
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RE: kangaroo paws in partial shade?
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- Posted by aeor nsw (My Page) on
Sat, Sep 30, 06 at 5:32
Mine do. I'm no expert, but I'll give you my experience. I have quite a few clumps in only partial sun all year round. I'm sure they would flower and grow more with more vigour given more sun though. They are healthy and grow and flower every year, I just keep an eye on the leaf litter etc around the base and remove black ink spot leaves etc. Mine were inherited when I bought the block so I don't know excatly what they are, I did add some long stemmed more robust 'bush dawn' I think, and they are doing equally as well. They are also on a substantial slope which I suppose would help? - with drainage and moisture build up as I am on the east coast with a bit of humidity.
It could all depend on the type of paw... |
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