INVASIVE PLANTS – CHOOSE PLANTING AREA WITH CARE Other plants you might want to try in your deep shade garden include solomon’s seal, blue cohosh, ivy, wild ginger, western bleeding hearts, and primroses. The ostrich fern, valued for producing edible fiddle heads in springtime, is majestically tall, growing fantastic fans of medium green color on the edge, and in the middle of, shaded woodland. The lady fern for instance, and the Japanese painted fern are two which tend to grow just fine in deep shade gardens, while the maidenhair fern is valuable for its airy, delicate foliage. You’ll also find that many types of hostas grow well in deep shade, as do most ferns. Both of these plants do quite well in deep shade, and there are some interesting and unusual species to try. If a deep shade area is also moist, you may have the perfect conditions for a mushroom garden or moss garden. Another option is to turn the area into a woodland garden, or backyard habitat, which is friendly to local wildlife. For any area like this, consider adding a landscaping feature such as a garden statue, bird house, or water fountain. In this article, we focus on making the best of deep shade areas.Īlthough relatively rare, very deep and dark shady areas can be present in a residential yard and garden. The first step, then, in creating a beautiful shade garden which will flourish with amazing colors and flower blooms, is analyze the type of shade in the area that you want to plant. Still another type of shade environment occurs when your garden has filtered sunlight almost all day long. Other areas however, may get a fair amount of sunlight either in the morning or afternoon, but remain well shaded during other parts of the day. Some areas may have deep, dark shade all day long, with barely any sunlight reaching the ground. To begin with, most backyards have varying amounts of shade throughout the day.

PinDeep shade gardens can be alive with texture and color providing you choose the right ground covers and foliage plants.Ĭreating a shade garden is not always as simple, or as cut and dried, as it may seem at first.

Last updated on September 27th, 2015 at 12:54 am

Wild bleeding heart sketch