Drastic change in light

I just started gardening last year in my north-facing garden with big ugly conifers at the bottom creating bone-dry shade - talk about challenging conditions!

But on Friday my neighbour had the trees completely cut down and I'm absolutely delighted!

Luckily the top 1/3rd of the garden is out of the shadow of the house all day, so with the conifers gone I now have small south, west and east-facing beds with only a 6ft fence casting shadows

However, I had previously selected plants to suit the shady conditions. I have an azelea (front right) and lacecap hydrangea (middle right) that used to only get midday sun because of the trees. They now get sun most of the day, including the hottest afternoon sun.

I'm up in Glasgow though, will I get away without moving them?

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Hi and Welcome,

Wow that must be like getting a new garden, what a transformation !

Yes we would move both of them to the left hand boarder that has more shade from the fence.

The Hydragea should move ok as they are only just starting new growth.

The Azelea is it in flower or about to ? might be worth letting it flower and moving afterwards if you want to enjoy the blooms, seems the next couple of weeks are going to be a good bit cooler and wetter which should suit it.

 

Thanks both for the feedback, and the fence is definitely on the list of things to do!