Shade Garden: What Plants are Good to Grow

Here’s how you can start setting up your own shade garden:

Grab some very healthy perennial plants from your favorite gardening shop. Spend a little more for the healthier ones so you can enjoy having them in your shade garden for many years. The woodruff and hostas are two very good perennials. They can stand up well to any kind of weed and can live despite of neglect. Woodruffs can survive against a tree, devoid of sunlight.

Prepare the bed. Since the shaded area would most likely be under a tree in your garden, you should raise the bed instead of working the ground where the tree roots are. Many roots grow out to the surface, so you have to have a root barrier. You can use an old roofing tin or specialty fabric.

After setting your choice for perennials, water them generously. Water them when you see them looking like they’re wilting. When the plants have managed to get established, they will survive your shade garden on occasional watering.

Include some impatiens in your plant varieties. They are colorful and cheap, and they love shade. They would survive with just a bit of water. This type of plant is an annual, so you have to plant them during spring and they will give really beautiful colors the entire summer. Impatiens includes the Walleriana, which come in colors orange, hot pink, and purple. If you have to choose just one color, choose orange because they look great and opulent.

Some other plant ideas for a shade garden:

• Lily-Of-The-Valley
• Bleeding Heart
• Ferns
• Plantain Lily
• Meadow Rue
• Wake Robin
• Virginia Blue Bells
• Foxglove
• English Ivy
• Christmas Rose

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