Shade Loving Perennials
There are enough shade loving perennials to grow that even the most avid of gardeners will never be able to collect them all. I'm working on it. (grin)
Here are a few articles that will get you started. Click here "Shade Gardens" to find even more articles than are listed below.
Here's a few articles you might find useful if you are interested in shade loving perennials.
Note that this one on perennial geraniums describes a plant that will grow in part shade or sun rather than deep shade. I really like perennial geraniums so I've included them here.
The queen of the shade garden is of course the Hosta plant. There are thousands of varieties of this plant - from huge ones stretching four to five feet wide to tiny little ones that could grow in a thimble. Here's how to successfully grow Hosta
The plant that I grow more than any other shade loving perennial (except Hosta) is the Christmas Rose. I grow several different varieties and flower colours and I would recommend them highly. They are not difficult to grow as long as you don't try to move them or divide them. That root is a big one that doesn't like to be messed with.
The new and sexy shade perennial is the Heuchera family. Now available in leaf colours ranging from bright gold 'Lime Rickey' to almost black 'Obsidian', combine them to give summer-long foliage contrast.
I have grown Jacobs Ladder or Polemonium for many years and actually stopped growing them when the breeders "improved" them and made them too tender in the winter and too prone to "melting out" in the summer heat. I do love the species and I have a few brand new ones in my garden for trial. Here's how to grow Jacobs Ladder.
I have never understood why so many gardeners like this Money Plant. Put it into a garden and money will grow almost everywhere. It hardly needs any instructions on how to grow it (put the roots in the ground) :-) but it does grow well in the shade.
On the other hand, Toadlilies are a superb fall-blooming plant. Their delicate flowers won't compete with fall mums but they are in a class by themselves when it comes to fairy-like flowers. And Japanese Painted Ferns have been a Perennial Plant of the Year and a tremendous addition to the shade garden. I have always enjoyed their colouring and growth habit. Check them out in this article.
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