All you need is an array of shade loving plants and
the know how to properly care for them. Remember areas in your
yard are different. Deep shade is all day shade, part shade is or
half shade which means part shady and part sunny day, and light
shade is like a filtered shade...shadows from trees, spots of
sunlight coming through. All of these areas need moisture, so water
regularily. Check the soil too, if needed add some organic matter,
such as manure, compost, alfalfa meal, kelp, or worm castings. Mulch
to keep the soil from drying out. Weed when necessary.
Click below for some very beautiful photos of Shade Gardens.
Bebie Schmidt's Garden
Shade Beds
Here are the names of a few plants for shade gardening.
Annuals:impatiens, begonias, coleus, sweet alyssum, flowering tobacco, pansies & viola.
Perennials & biennials:japanese anemones, daylilies, creeping phlox, astilbe, yellow corydalis, bleeding hearts, liriope muscari, crested iris, & monkshood.
Click below for more information about annuals and perennials in the shade.
Tip Sheet Annuals in the Shade
Perennials for Shady Areas
Bulbs:lily-of-the-nile, wood hyacinth, white trillium, trout lily, caladiums, star flowers, grape hyacinth, alliums, glory-of-the-snow, anemones, crocuses, snowdrops, dutch irises, daffodils, tulips & tuberous begonias.
Vines & Groundcovers:bishop's weed, crossvine, trumpet creeper, sweet autumn clematis, english ivy, winter jasmine, silver lace vine, strawberry begonia, vinca minor(myrtle), ajuga reptans, & pachysandra.
Click below for some more info on bulbs, vines & groundcovers for shady areas.
Bulb Guides
Vines & Groundcovers
Ferns and Hostas:maidenhair fern, japanese painted & holly ferns, cinnamon fern, christmas ferns. Hostas, variety of colors and flowers.
Decidious Shrubs:glossy abelia, beauty berry, weigela, sweet shrub, spice bush, oakleaf hydrangea, euonymus, & winterberry.
Evergreen Shrubs:common boxwood, japanese laurel, pieris, indian hawthorn, azalea, red tip photina, & rhododendron.
Click on links below for some more info on ferns, hostas, and shrubs in the shade.
A Word about Ferns
Hostas
Shrubs
Wherever you create your shade garden(s), make sure it is getting the moisture it needs.
I have added a few links for you about gardening. You can
check what zones the plants you choose are best in and whatever other
gardening info you may need.
Top Ten Shade Plants
Perennials for the Shade Garden
The (No) Problem Garden
Plants for Shade
Gardening in the Shade
Garden in Shade
Kitchen Gardener
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