What types of flowering plants grow best underneath a cedar tree? and Harsh Critique Invited: Blue Dicks Flower Coon Creek 10 April 2010

What types of flowering plants grow best underneath a cedar tree?

I have built a flower garden underneath a cedar tree in my backyard. I plan on filling it up with flower friendly soil, and planting some sort of flowers plant in it. This way I don't have to worry about roots from the tree interfering with the roots of the flowers. What types of flowering plants will grow well underneath a cedar tree? I would even like to have greenery suggestions too, as flowers may not be able to grow underneath the constant shade of my cedar...Any suggestions would be helpful, thanks!


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Answer by Common Sense
good shade plants are Inpatients, Begonias, Coleus, Caladium, Hosta and Lobelia.

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Harsh Critique Invited: Blue Dicks Flower Coon Creek 10 April 2010


Harsh Critique Invited: What do people think about this green distraction in the lower-right? It would have been easy to crop or clone out, but I sort of liked the base it provided to the image.

Blue Dicks Flower from Montana de Oro California State Park Coon Creek Digital Photo Walk 10 April 2010. Dichelostemma capitatum (syn. D. pulchellum), called Blue dicks, Purplehead and Brodiaea (alternate spellings, Brodiea, Brodeia) (aka funny: Sad Richard)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_dick Photo by Michael "Mike" L. Baird, mike [at} mikebaird d o t com, flickr.bairdphotos.com; Canon 1D Mark III, Canon EF 180mm f3.5L Macro USM AutoFocus Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras, Gitzo tripod. To use this photo, which has the most liberal Creative Commons Attribution license possible attached, please see the access, attribution, and commenting guidelines at www.flickr.com/people/mikebaird/#credit

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