A couple of years ago I read a thread on this site I think, and it was on moon gardens. It inspired me to try making a moon garden. AH- but at last did I ever fuck up. The biggest thing that I did not take into consideration was moonshadows. They don't happen in the same spot all the time. Having trees and alot of them, restricts the moonlight from falling in the same spot every moon cycle. So my moongarden was good only one time that summer. I really don't have any one spot in my yard where the moon shines all the time. I hope this little hint will help anyone who is thinking of growing a moon garden this year. PAX
Wow, good point! We have toyed with the concept of a moon garden, but unfortunately a lot of the pretty white evening-plants don't like clay. We're waiting right now to see if our moonflowers come up from last year, and if they come back we'll be trying again. The kids want four-o-clocks and some sort of "fluffy" grasses in their flower-bed this year. love, mom
Seeing the title of this thread I just had to reply - one of my absolute Favorite annuals I grow each year from seed is the "Moon Flower", related to the morning glory. The flowers are about as big across as your hand and so white that they don't really need the "moon shine" to make them show up. They bloom at night (of course) and the smell...just a shade this side of heaven. I've been know to stand there inhaling the scent until I feel about drunk on it.
For yards with clay buy a bag of expanded shale. You should be able to get it at any nursery,especially those that sell roses. Just mix it in where you want to plant and it will work. You should only have to do this once. Our yard is half clay...we did this 2 years ago and it worked just fine.
Four o clocks are great and really easy to grow and tend to colonize. Shadows don't seem to phase them. They can get invasive, but I've never minded their wanderings. For those really dark areas try some low voltage uplighting with little spots. I highlight some of my shadey areas around the house with them especially in my comteplative bench areas. Found mine at a fleamarket. Got 30 of them for 5.00. They are on a timer and use very little power.
