I have 6 inch deep dirt trough that i would like to plant flowers.The sight is shady.what type should i buy.?

I would like flowers that would come up every year. Perhaps something that would at track butterflies.

FlowersBirthday FlowersSympathy Flowers6 inches of soil isn't much to work with ...you will have to water quite a bit. Perennials would have hard time surviving.


I would go with annuals in that size of pot.


Here are some options....besides impatiens...


Begonia's


Browalia


Lobelia


Torenia


Fuschia
Reply:Liriope is bulletproof, a lot of woods sited wildflowers like shade,phlox, jack-in-the-pulpit, celandine poppy. Hostas do well in shade. As for annual fillers, coleus and impatiens
Reply:Doesn't sound like much dirt to work with. Many plants will require more. You could try Mona lavender, cosmos, and buttercups. You might have better luck with impatiens. They are annuals but if you leave them alone every year instead up pulling them up they are proliferate re-seeders. And you will get a lot more color.
Reply:This site lists ground-cover plants that grow in shady areas %26amp; zones.Full shade plants:


Sweet Woodruff, Galium odoratum


Lungwort, Pulmonaria


Bunchberry, Cornus canadensis


Dead Nettle, Lamium maculatum


Periwinkle, Vinca,


Redwood sorrel, Oxalis oregana,


Creeping Buttercup, Ranunculus repans,


http://www.thegardenhelper.com/shadecove...





Adult butterflies are attracted to sweet, sharp and fragrant smells and the colors orange, yellow, pink, purple and red. All varieties love wild flowers %26amp; need both nectar plants and larval food plants to keep their life cycle going. http://www.ccenassau.org/hort/html/butte...





A variety of blossoms offer nectar to adult butterflies, while leafy food sources, such as parsley, nourish the larvae. Rocks are convenient perches for butterflies to sun themselves, and a birdbath provides water.





Common butterfly attracting plants %26amp; caterpillars food plants:


http://www.butterfliesbirdsandblooms.com...


Butterfly catterpillar host plant, %26amp; butterfly nectar source:


http://www.butterfliesbirdsandblooms.com...





The best plants for the more heavily shaded areas are those found in the woods in their native habitat, such as evergreen groundcovers like Japanese spurge (Pachysandra terminalis) and Periwinkle, %26amp; other groundcovers such as wild Violets, Lilly of the Valley, %26amp; Wild Ginger.


http://www.mastergardenproducts.com/gard...


http://www.naturehills.com/new/product/G...


http://pss.uvm.edu/ppp/articles/asarum.h...


Bloodroot (Sanguisorba canadensis):


http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consu...


False Solomon's seal (Smilacina racemosa):


http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consu...


Dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria):


http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consu...


Variegated Solomon's seal, Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum' has foliage with an airbrushed variegation that is irresistible.


http://www.npr.org/programs/talkingplant...


The Snowflake (Leucojum aestivum) 'Gravetye Giant' is tolerant of moist soils and often referred to as "moisture loving," but will grow in any type of soil, wet or dry, sand or clay, acid or alkaline. It will thrive in most light conditions %26amp; are commonly grown in dense shade as well.


http://www.plantanswers.com/arcadia_page...


http://www.virginiagarden.com/leucojum.h...


Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) is decorative %26amp; has more than one color of leaves, flowers %26amp; has different types of leaf shapes such as heartleaf %26amp; oakleaf shapes.


http://www.gardencrossings.com/index.cfm...


http://www.flickr.com/photos/loonlover/1...


http://www.conncoll.edu/ccrec/greennet/a...


http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consu...


Scroll down to see the variegated leaf foamflowers:


http://www.sunlightgardens.com/latin/T.h...





You can incorporate a thick layer of compost %26amp; leaf mulch into your existing soil... to raise your area up to provide more "leg-room" for plants with deeper root systems than the ground cover type plants. This will also nourish your plants %26amp; help keep them from drying out too quickly.





Good luck! Hope this helps.
Reply:Dang... I can't believe you got answers without asking which ZONE you live in...!! or SOIL TYPE you have....????... dense shade or partial shade??????....





UUGGHHH...!!!!!





ok....butterflies are most attrated to 1) red 2)deep pink 3) orange 4) dark purple ..... in that order.





Guessing here, Hostas are no#1 for shade......zones 3-9...some are quite drought tolerant but most like moist rich organic soil...they come in a variety of sizes from 3"x3" to 36"x36"... with leaves varying in color from green/blue green and varigated green/white and green/yellow....not a butterfly magnet...but will flower in late summer (white or lavender).





asiatic lilys do well in DAPPLED shade and come in a variety of colors.............but what what is your soil type............zone...???





Astilbes like shade and flower in spring to early summer....many colors....24" to 48"....moist rich organic soil....zone 4 - 9





Vinca, a ground cover....deep lavender flowers, early summer...tolerates poor soil....zone 4 - 9








really need more info....................
Reply:it would be hard to pick flowers too put in a shady area your best bet would be to go too the nursery and ask the manager or whom ever runs it what would be the best anuals they come up every year that would do well in a shady area they can help you out the most.make up

Corn plants make two kinds of what? a)seeds b)cones c)fruit d)flowers?

Flowers.

FlowersBirthday FlowersSympathy Flowersit's flowers ... the male (pollen-producing) flowers are on the tassel that appears at the top of the plant and the female flowers (the ones that will produce fruits [=seeds]) are obviously borne on the cob ... their styles are the silk that hangs out of the top of the cob.
Reply:seeds and flowers
Reply:Flowers...


Maize flowers are an example of imperfect flower. The tassel on top of a maize plant is male (and imperfect). Maize silks are female (and imperfect).


Each arm of each tassel bears many individual male flowers. Each of those slender silks you see at the left is the style of the corn plant's female flower.


The corn grains we eat are formed by the female flowers.





Check the link:


http://www.backyardnature.net/fl_corn.ht...skin disease

Some angiosperm flowers are capable of self pollination,however when they pollinated by bees,plants receive a?

benifit they cannot achieve on their own. what is this benifit?





1) fertilization


2) genetic recombination


3) protection


d) moiturizing

FlowersBirthday FlowersSympathy FlowersGenetic recombination. When plants are pollinated with a source other than its own, it promotes genetic diversity. The resulting zygote will have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent, creating a genetically different plant from the parents. Plants that self pollinate will only have the chromosomes from itself.
Reply:genetic recombination..and fertilization ..as we know that cross pollination is done by insect pollinators.cross pollination is helpful in providing variations in genome of the further progenies which result in new genetic recombinations.computer

Will the cicadas harm plants? If they do, what can I do to protect my flowers, trees, and bushes?

Cicadas do not harm anything except trees, and they do very little damage to them. The adult cicadas that are starting to emerge do not eat anything. The females will do slight damage to young tree branches when they cut a slit in the bark and lay their eggs. The branches will sometimes die, but not do any lasting damage to the trees. The eggs hatch and drop to the ground where the cicadas will spend the next seventeen years as nymphs feeding on the roots of trees, but not doing anything that will kill the tree.White Teeth

Im working on my s.a.e for FFA and i what to crossbreed plants?

I want to do plants flowers to vegetables i just cant figure out how to get it started if there is a website or book on how to do this it would be very helpful. i kinda want to mixed peppers and tomatoes or a common lily with a orange rose. if there is anything please help =(

FlowersBirthday FlowersSympathy FlowersWell, I was a botany major in college, but that was awhile ago and I'm a bit rusty. But.....


Plants aren't as picky about breeding as animals are. It's a bit easier to get fertile polyploidy and to get hybrids, for instance that are also fertile.


But......getting the hybrids, in every case I know of, works only with hybridizing species within the same plant family (for instance hybridizing apples and pears). Plants stand up well to grafting, also. You can graft cherries, pears, and apples interchangeably and get some pretty bizarre-looking trees that bear multiple types of fruits.


However......lilies and roses are from two different families, liliaceae and rosaceae. That'll never work. I forget the Linnean name of the family, but I'm thinking tomatoe is a nightshade and pepper I don't know about. Due to the structure of the fruits, they may be the same, I don't know. But if they're from different families you're out of luck.


Pretty much if you get a botany book that focuses on flowering plants (angiosperms), and gardening, you should be able to get a lot of the answers you need. Good luck!
Reply:You won't be able to crossbreed plants that are different - like lilies and roses. The chromosomes won't match up correctly, and it just won't work.affiliate reviews

I have courgette plants in window boxes, do I get rid of the male flowers to help courgette growth?

you don't have to get rid of the male flowers to get courgettes but some schools of thought say they make the fruits bitter.I have always removed the male flowers myself because like cucumbers they are self fertile now,because of the modern plant breeders art.

FlowersBirthday FlowersSympathy Flowersyou must leave the male flowers as the gourgettes need to be pollinated.you can help the process by dusting pollen from a male flower into the female flower using a small soft paintbrush.arround midday is a good time to do this
Reply:dont know if there is some special rule for courgettes but from what i remember a flower is both male and female. the female parts need to be "impregnated" by the pollen from another courgette flower, hence making the baby.....the courgette.





so answer to you r question, no if you remove the flower you will get no courgettes at all.
Reply:i think that's what the courgettes grow from, when i've seen just picked courgettes, they have flowers on the end like carrots have green stuff. unless there are male and female flowers. sorry, not sure
Reply:It doesn't matter either way.
Reply:I grow them and dont snap any off you might be getting them confused with cucumbers which you snap the male flowers of to stop them tasting sour.Soles

My neighbor is going away 4 two weeks and she wants me 2 mow her lawn water her plants etc.......?

i'm 15 and she said she will pay me 4 mowing her lawn and watering her plants, , i'm only gonna mow her lawn around 3 or 4 time in those 2 weeks and i also have 2 trim her lawn 2 with the weed wacker, the task i have 2 do every day is water her garden, plants,flowers, etc.....how much should i charge her how much would u charge?? oh and she said she might be gone 4 more than 2 weeks

FlowersBirthday FlowersSympathy FlowersGoing rate for someone in your position should be $20 per hour. Estimate how long you think it will take then ask yourself what you are worth per hour. Then figure in material costs such as gas. A landscape company would charge a minimum of $35 for a very small mowing, and most will not mes with her if she is only doing it for that short of time. The ball is definitely in your court.
Reply:I VERY much AGREE with Dunes %26amp; Cons answer.


If the money is your ONLY reason - don't do it
Reply:Just do it for free. A good neighbor and friend is better than money any day.





Let her tip you when she returns.
Reply:$100.00 - 150.00





she should realize what lawn services charge!!! Plus you'll be doing more than her yard. If she can afford to take a vacation for that long, then she can afford you!!
Reply:3 or 4 times is too much in a two week period, for mowing the Yard, Once a week is plenty. I would charge her $10.00 a day, that will average out to $140.00. Not bad for a 15 year old, but then again you are gonna have to earn it. When my neighbors go on Vacation, I do "little" things such as water their plants and get their mail for "Free" but when you are talking about heavy Maintenance such as what you will be doing , yes you should earn some Cash...
Reply:She is your neighbour and she is asking you that way.


Your other answers are from people making money, not for being neighbourly.


I would probably do it for nothing and rely on her rewarding me in someway
Reply:It is perfectly reasonable for you to accept the money, particularly when she is offering to pay.





Justin K's advise sounds good to me. If I was you I would ask for a specific amount, but have a clear idea of how you worked it out. This will make it easier for you to negotiate if you need to.





As an adult home owner it is easier to do things for your neighbor for free and expect the favor to be returned. But this isn't a fair thing to expect a teenager to do.





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