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Growing plants in a shade garden
This list of plants and accompanying video will help you find plants that thrive in shaded gardens. Shade gardens can seem problematic, with the number of plant deaths seemingly never ending! It can be disheartening but there is no need to give up. By following the steps in this video guide you can grow a lush and healthy shade garden that will thrive for years to come.
PLANTS FOR SHADE:
Low growing ground cover:
– Impatiens omieana
– Asarum
– Ivy
– Ophiopogon
– Liriope mascari
– Brunnera macrophylla
– Saxifraga stolonifera
Mid-sized plants:
– Hardy ferns such as Dryopteris atrata, Dryopteris ethyrosora, Asplenium angustifolium, Adiantum venustum and Polystichum munitum.
– Hostas. ‘Empress Wu’ is a favourite of mine because of its huge leaves!
– Hardy Begonias such as Begonia panchartharensis, Begonia pedatifida, Begonia grandis and Begonia sutherlandii.
– Farfugium
– Podophyllum
– Acorus grammineus
Larger shrubs:
– Fatsia japonica & Fatsia japonica variegata
– Fatsia polycarpa ‘Green Fingers’
– Viburnum tinus
– Camellia
– Rhododendrons
– Aucuba
Please add any other shade loving plants that you can think of!
WATCH THE VIDEO:
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2 Replies
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Another plant I use for shade is Rodgesia Aesculfolia.. a good hardy shrub with big (ish) palmate leaves. (I’m in N Wiltshire)
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Great suggestion @Debbie, Inthink there is another good Rodgersia called ‘Bronze Peacock’ too 👌
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