Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Home and Garden: [header] How to plant a flowering almond shrub [title] Choose a planting area with six or more hours of sunshine. [step] Flowering almonds will bloom more profusely when planted in full sunlight. However, they can also be planted in areas with partial shade and at least four hours of direct sunlight each day.

Ending1: [substeps] If your hardiness zone is in the us, west virginia, southern virginia, and utah, the south american varieties may require somewhat darker shade and less sun. Your plants will suffer significant droughts if planted in areas that are too much shade and without light. Ending2: These areas include : [substeps] Farmland and streets east of the northern equator regions south of the airport areas eastern and northeastern desert areas south of the u.s. [title] Select a planting site that receives the sun every day, with at least six hours of sunlight each day. Ending3: [substeps] Do not plant them in areas where water tends to puddle or where the soil drains slowly as flowering almonds commonly develop root rot in slow-draining soil. Flowering almond shrubs are fairly easy to grow in nearly any type of soil but they must be planted properly in order to thrive. Ending4: [title] Protect your flowering almond plant with plastic mulch if you do not plan to grow your flowering almond shrub in the spring. [step] It will take several weeks to grow the flowering almond shrub in full sunlight.

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