This garden designer is a pro at plantings for shade. She did the heavy lifting so you don't have to. Find plants here for a colorful shade garden.
These shade garden ideas, plant suggestions, and photos will inspire you to add bold, beautiful colors, even in the shadiest reaches of your yard.
Get some shade garden design ideas and inspiration (with pictures) for both small front yard garden beds and larger backyard woodland gardens
In the shade of large oak trees, Better Homes & Gardens Test Garden® manager Sandra Gerdes plants hostas and other perennials in drifts for a sense of movement, with leaf colors and textures rather than flowers driving most of the design. In a foliage-heavy border, a large shrub that looks good through several seasons gives you a focal point. Here, ‘Incrediball’ hydrangea’s white flowers brighten the scene in summer, fading to rosy pink that lasts into the fall.
These shade garden ideas, plant suggestions, and photos will inspire you to add bold, beautiful colors, even in the shadiest reaches of your yard.
Get some shade garden design ideas and inspiration (with pictures) for both small front yard garden beds and larger backyard woodland gardens
A list of my favourite plants that work well in partial and full shade.
Does your shade garden need a pick-me-up? Check out these two combos that will liven up any shady border with color and texture from spring to fall.
Learn how to create shade in the garden: includes information on which vegetables need shade, and which percentage of shade cloth to use.
Lady’s Mantle, Alchemilla mollis: "Gentle Alchemy" Alchemilla mollis is ubiquitous in English cottage gardens for good reason. Lady's mantle is an unfussy,
These tall shade perennials will fill the gap between ground covers and bushes in your shade garden with beautiful flowers and foliage
Using the framework she learned in the Design Your 4 Season Garden Course, Melissa transformed her backyard space into her dream landscape. Lets take a tour of her magical gardens.
Intro: Ever wonder how professional garden designers put together color combinations and create perfect textural contrast in the landscape? By following a few basic principles, you can do it yourself! Here’s a quick visual study of how it’s done.
Use this tough plants for dry shade guide to find the best plants for dry shade. These drought-tolerant perennials, ground covers, and shrubs are the plants that tolerate dry shade.
In almost every garden, you will find at least one area that lies in the shade. It could be under a beautiful tree in a very prominent part of the garden or in a faraway
Get some shade garden design ideas and inspiration (with pictures) for both small front yard garden beds and larger backyard woodland gardens
A list of my favourite plants that work well in partial and full shade.
Join Fine Gardening in upcoming webinars New Plants Showing Promise January 21, Thursday, 7pm EST Free! New plants are what make gardener’s hearts skip a beat. Each year, many […]
Learn about the top 20 shade-loving plants, including Hosta, Heuchera, Dead Nettle, Tiarella, Astilbe, Foxglove, Ferns, Hydrangea and more. Fill the shady spots in your garden with a variety of plants that grow in shade including perennials, annuals, flowering shrubs, and trees.
There's just something so tranquil and serene about Shade Gardens. Come along on this virtual shade garden tour, get lots of tips and lots of ideas for your shade garden.
Use this guide to find the best shade perennials for your garden, plus get care tips for helping these plants thrive in your landscape.
Looking for shade plants that can make your not-so-sunny garden look great? These are some of the best!
Get ideas for designing a shade garden. See pictures of shady gardens and learn about plants that thrive in the shade.
Get some shade garden design ideas and inspiration (with pictures) for both small front yard garden beds and larger backyard woodland gardens
My favorite of my boards on Pinterest is my “Great Garden Paths” board. I have a weakness for garden paths. There is something so incredibly inviting about a path through a garden. It says, “Explore me,” or “Feel free to look AND touch, I’m cool with it.” My favorite garden paths bend around corners, begging […]
Private Garden in Burlington, ON We are heading into November, which is a bit of a grey and gloomy month. By late fall, winds have stripped the garden of most of its autumn color. Neutrals like tan, brown, grey and black carry the garden through the winter. This seems like a perfect time to be talking about the uses of grey in the garden. A grey church steeple in a garden in Rosedale, ON. Shades of grey and beige are restful colors. They are undemanding and that makes them feel calm and serene. In this pathway, grey and beige work together to great effect. Brain Folmer's garden near Walkerton, ON To break up to endless variety of green in any garden, the natural tendency is to think of foliage variegation. Grey foliage can the same job. Liz Mallcki's garden, Mississauga, ON The Harrison sister's garden in Hamilton, ON Not only does grey sing sweetly in amongst the greens, it also provides a nice foil for brighter colors. Blue Seakale, Crambe maritima in front of blue Salvia at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, ON Brain Folmer's garden near Walkerton, ON Vivid colors seem even more vibrant against a neutral backdrop. In terms of grey foliage, there are leaves splattered with grey like this Lungwart, Pulmonaria. Lost Horizons Nursery Here is the Pulmonaria in a garden (see lower left corner). (Going forward, I am trying to make a point of photographing plants in the context of a garden and not just doing close-up glamour shots.) And there are also leaves broken with grey like this Brunnera 'Jack Frost' ... or this Coral Bells, Heuchera, 'Berry Marmalade'. Here is another Heuchera to show you an example of how this plant might be used in combination with other perennials. There are also solid greys like Lamb's Ears. (And here is Lamb's Ears in a garden setting.) A lovely bonus of grey foliage is that often it has a soft, downy texture. In the next part of my grey series, I will look at some of the many grey plant options.
Beth Chatto, the legendary plantswoman and nursery owner, invented the mantra "right plant, right place"–that is, choosing plants that are perfectly suited
The post features two great shade gardens with big one thing in common and that is a wonderful use of plant materials. One of the biggest transformations that…
The post features two great shade gardens with big one thing in common and that is a wonderful use of plant materials. One of the biggest transformations that…
Perennial groundcovers can solve many problems in your flower gardens and landscape. Stop by to learn about the best ones for your gardens.
Do you have a large shaded area in your garden that looks "dead"? Here are 25 of the most beautiful plants that grow in shade.
Nothing is more inviting than a beautiful plant-lined walkway. If the walkway is in the shade, it will need to be created using plants that don't require much
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The post features two great shade gardens with big one thing in common and that is a wonderful use of plant materials. One of the biggest transformations that…
I think I struck a cord with my last post highlighting a small suburban shade garden. Obviously gardeners are hungry for planting suggestions for shade. In this…
It is possible to grow a garden in less than full sun. Use this helpful guide to see which vegetables, herbs & flowers grow in shade.
Looking for shade plants that can make your not-so-sunny garden look great? These are some of the best!
These flowering perennials and shrubs are perfect for your shady garden that needs some color to brighten it up. Find out our picks for the best plants that grow in shade.
Shade has cooling effect on a home and garden. When trees, the best sources of natural shade aren't available or practical, there are alternative plants.
Whether you call them harebells, wood bells, or auld man's bells, the bluebell flower is a favorite perennial worldwide—and in spring, they spread their magic in enchanting bluebell woods.
Suited to USDA Hardiness Zones 3 to 8, lungwort adorns shady spots in pink and blue flowers and speckled greenery. Learn to grow it now on Gardener’s Path.
Carolyn’s Shade Gardens is a retail nursery located in Bryn Mawr, PA, specializing in showy, colorful, and unusual plants for shade. The only plants that we ship are snowdrops within the US. For …
Today we’re off to the Pacific Northwest to visit Jen Titilah’s garden, a small space filled with lots and lots of beautiful plants. I’ve always loved plants and the happiness […]
I think I struck a cord with my last post highlighting a small suburban shade garden. Obviously gardeners are hungry for planting suggestions for shade. In this…
