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I have a question about shaded areas.
When looking at plants to buy the majority say best in full sun, many say that they can manage part shade etc.
I have seen people posting about areas in eg half shade.
My question is about this, and I may be overthinking. What does full sun vs. Part shade mean exactly. By way of example, I have a spot in my garden that would fit a nice fruit tree. However, it is a bit north of a larger cedar tree. This means that from around November to April or so, the sun does not hit that patch until around midday, and it is in sun then until the sun goes down. But in summer time, the sun is high enough that it gets sun from around 7am right until sun goes down. Given that I am quite far north this means many hours of sunlight in growing season.
How do I interpret this area as relates to sun? Do I say it is essentially full sun as it has loads of sun during the growing season? Or do I say half sun as for half of the year, it’s in shade until midday?
And in this context would I then plant something in there that needed a lot of sun or is this risky and better to plant something that prefers full sun but could manage “partial” shade? Or is there no right answer to this and just need to give it a go?
When looking at plants to buy the majority say best in full sun, many say that they can manage part shade etc.
I have seen people posting about areas in eg half shade.
My question is about this, and I may be overthinking. What does full sun vs. Part shade mean exactly. By way of example, I have a spot in my garden that would fit a nice fruit tree. However, it is a bit north of a larger cedar tree. This means that from around November to April or so, the sun does not hit that patch until around midday, and it is in sun then until the sun goes down. But in summer time, the sun is high enough that it gets sun from around 7am right until sun goes down. Given that I am quite far north this means many hours of sunlight in growing season.
How do I interpret this area as relates to sun? Do I say it is essentially full sun as it has loads of sun during the growing season? Or do I say half sun as for half of the year, it’s in shade until midday?
And in this context would I then plant something in there that needed a lot of sun or is this risky and better to plant something that prefers full sun but could manage “partial” shade? Or is there no right answer to this and just need to give it a go?
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