Yep, good lesson. When hardiness says a plant can handle full sun, they're generally not thinking of our sunshine out here in the SW. It's a whole other ballgame.
One of our best planters was the one under our mulberry. Another one is under a screen (that will soon be a grapevine covered pergola). Yet another gets only mid-day sun, with no direct sunshine morning or evening.
Love the first image. Great shot. :)
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Thanks! Glad to hear the mulberry idea works. My last surviving pepper plant, that now only gets a few hours sun in the morning, is producing better than it did all summer! Good luck with the grape vine pergola.
My wife's favorite planter is one that has a removable shade cloth. I built a frame to hold the cloth, so she can shade it in the heat of summer then open it up as it gets cooler. This has helped her get a longer growing season. Some do a hoop structure, which we might do. But we're still doing a lot of structure stuff.
Yes, the above is temporary. I plan to get a full cover w/ 60% light transmission next spring and set it up. I like using cattle panels for the frame....easy up, easy down.