You can
brighten up the shaded spots in your landscape with these easy-to-grow floras
that come back year after year.
Bigroot Geranium
This is
one of the toughest plants that can grow in the shade. Bigroot geranium can handle
drought or heat. Moreover, deers and rabbits normally avoid them in search of other
flavorsome morsels. This shade plant offers outstanding pink or white flowers. When
beautifying your garden, plant bigroot geranium in front of toad lilies to add
interest to your landscape.
Toad Lily
Toad
lilies are easy-to-grow perennial flowers that are often compared to orchids. The
plant can be spotted with purple or blue shades. You can let the toad lily rise
up behind a bunch of fern-leafed bleeding heart or medium-sized hostas.
Ajuga
This
groundcover is grown primarily for its foliage, but also has beautiful flowers.
Ajuga yields dark, glossy green leaves and blue flowers. Some of the varieties
of this plant offer multicolored or dark purple foliage, or white or pink flowers.
Ajuga grows 6 inches tall. Varieties of purple-leafed ajuga look great with
blue hostas.
Old-Fashioned
Bleeding Heart
Dicentra
spectabilis is one of the favorite plants to grow in shade during late spring
and early summer. It produces white or pink heart-shaped flowers that hang from
arching, elegant stems. By midsummer, the plant tends to lose its foliage and
go dormant. Plant it with hosta and astilbe to ensure there is no barren spot within
your garden at any given point.
Astilbe hybrids
These
are feathery, plumelike flowers that come in shades of salmon, pink, lavender, and
white. They look great beside garden pools. Give them rich, moist soil to grow.
Begonia (Tuberous)
For
sizzling color in hanging baskets and pots, these plants make a great option.
Flowers come in a variety of shades. Hanging types blossom more abundantly, but
upright strains have bigger flowers. These begonias tend to grow best in rich soil
and filtered shade. It is important to water them enough to keep the soil moist
and mist regularly.
Coleus
The brilliantly
colored leaves of the plant range from yellow to pink, ruby, red, orange, and other
blends. But for patios that are lightly shaded, partial to lime green hues such
as sunny yellow, or lime and brown will do the job brilliantly. Coleus will
look great in bright pots.
Hosta
Hostas
are easy-to-grow perennial plants. They also provide a great variety of shade. Select
from miniatures that can stay only a few inches wide. Look for leaves in shades
of blue, green, white, gold, and chartreuse.
Lungwort
These
plants have lung-shaped, silvery spots on their foliage. The multi-colored
foliage looks great throughout the season, but the plant looks particularly
nice when it has clusters of white, pink, and blue flowers during spring. You
can team up Lungwort with 'Jack Frost' for a beautiful silver-on-silver play.
Yellow Corydalis
This
perennial plant grows in shade and is known to be the longest bloomer. Enjoy the
bunch of yellow flowers till frost sets in. The plant is not only popular for
its flowers but also for its attractive gray-green leaves. Accent the bright
flowers of the plant against hosta foliage or dark green hellebore for an
interesting look.
Lamium
Lamium produces
bunches of white or pink flowers. This pleasant groundcover can bloom on and
off throughout the summer, offering color to the garden for months. And even
when it is not in bloom, the silver-infused foliage brightens up the shady corners.
Plant some beautiful flora to add color to your garden even in shade. If you’re unsure about which plant will look best in your garden, make sure you seek advice from a landscaping expert.
