Two answers for this one!
Q. I purchased a Sweet Kate Spiderwort and I am not sure how much sun or shade this plant needs?
-Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania
A. Sweet Kate Spiderwort is one of the most visually vivid partial-sun plants around. It does best in morning to early afternoon sun (1pm-2pm). The bright yellow foliage will sometimes get sun scorched in hot afternoon sun locations. You can plant this perennial in a mostly shade area, but be aware that the foliage will become more chartreuse and the vivid purple flowers will not be as plentiful.
-Todd A. Efing,
Van Putte Gardens
Rochester, New York
A. I think you will love ‘Sweet Kate’ I have been growing her for several years on the east side of my house where she gets a couple of hours of sun in the morning but nothing much else. She blooms very well and the yellow foliage is lovely too. I planted a skirt of Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’ (Golden creeping Jenny) around and it looks great. If you put spiderwort in full sun I find that it tends to burn later in the season when it gets hot. I am in NY Zone 6, so our conditions are similar.
-Ruth Rogers Clausen, Garden Writer
New York
