It is quite difficult to equip shady areas of the garden, because there are few plants that like such conditions. If it is a shade near a large tree, the soil in that area is usually rather barren and too wet. The arrangement of such an inhospitable place should be carefully thought out. The most reliable plants for shady corners or terraces located on the north side are ivy, ferns and periwinkles, which will certainly grow even in very dimly lit areas. When we have more ambitions, we can try to grow other shade-loving plants for the garden, preferably perennial unpretentious ones.

There are many species growing in the sun, there is no such choice in the shade. Many plants allow partial shading (less colored or less abundant blooming), but there are shaded areas in the garden with little sunlight. In such conditions, there are, for example, plants growing along the northern wall of buildings or under the crowns of trees and bushes.

Ferns

Ferns can grow in the shade and need to be provided with moderately moist soil.

The most popular ferns in gardens are:

Grazing plants

Below are ground cover perennials with photos that sod the soil and tolerate shading.

Ivy, European clefthoof, periwinkle

These plants have very low lighting requirements. Common ivy, European clefthoof, and common periwinkle thrive on fertile, moist soil, but also suffer worse. These plants will certainly withstand even very shaded areas.

Tenacious creeping

This perennial grows in clusters, creates creeping shoots underground, can be grown in shaded areas, and protects the soil from landslides. The plant blooms with blue flowers, collected in an inflorescence of ears. The tenacious bloom from May to August, garden varieties often have brown-red leaves.

Fragrant bedstraw

These shade-loving flowers bloom from April to June, small flowers are collected in bunches. The plant gives off a hay-like smell.

Apical pachisandra

Japanese milk (pachisandra) is an evergreen plant. It blooms in May and has rather inconspicuous flowers. These shade-tolerant garden plants can be grown in the shade of trees, beautifully covering the soil with a green carpet.

Spleen

The plant includes shade-loving annuals or perennials of the Saxifrage family. The name of the plant is due to its use in diseases of the spleen. The perennial spleen loves moist soil, has evergreen, leathery leaves. The plant blooms in May with small star-shaped flowers, white, red in the middle, collected in loose panicles.

Saxifrage shady

Small perennials often form a large, non-flowering turf. Saxifrage is a widespread plant throughout the northern hemisphere. Pink flowers, collected in a dense inflorescence. The saxifrage likes a semi-shady and moist position with fertile soil. The plant looks very decorative in bulk, over large areas.

Shade-tolerant herbs

Some herbs grow well in the shade. Consider which shade-tolerant plants are the most popular from the herbaceous group.

Ozhika snowy, forest

Snow and forest ogika are widely known shade-loving perennials. You can plant it under trees and shrubs, but it cannot constantly be in deep shade.

Woodcock is an evergreen plant with leaves with long hair.

Fescue

Gray fescue, marsh fescue, low sedge are an evergreen or semi-evergreen shade-tolerant perennial from the cereal family.

Low shade-loving perennials

Fragrant violet

They are excellent shade-loving flowers for the garden with small blue-violet flowers and an exceptionally pleasant scent. Violet blooms from March to May, grows easily, spreads quite quickly. It is important to consider its ability to quickly spread throughout the garden, while the violet does not occupy unplanned areas.

Lungwort

Red lungwort blooms in March-May, the flowers are brick-red, the plant has a height of 30-40 cm, can grow under trees, shrubs.

Sugar lungwort is a plant for semi-shady and shady places. Loves moist and fertile soil. Has decorative, dark green leaves, decorated with contrasting white and silver spots. The flowers are initially coral red in color, turning pink, blue or purple when opened. Blooms from March to April. The plant forms dense, dense bushes covering the ground.

Noble liverwort

The herbaceous evergreen liverwort creates low carpets, the leaves are preserved in good conditions throughout the winter - they are green at the top and have a yellowish tint at the bottom. It can be used as a green carpet under tall trees.

Lily of the valley

These flowers are propagated by rhizomes, they adore shaded places. However, in strong shade, they bloom less, but the leaves develop beautifully. Lilies of the valley require a position of at least half a day, not illuminated by the sun. Small bell-shaped flowers with a characteristic aroma.

Garden hellebore

This amazing flower is the first to bloom in our gardens. In mild winters, flowers can appear even in December. The hellebore should grow in shady positions: in damp and secluded places.

Eastern Doronicum

The plant blooms in May with golden yellow flowers. Feels good on loose, damp garden soil, prefers semi-shaded positions, not heavily shaded.

Fine-toothed primrose

These are shade-loving garden flowers, the strong sun harms the plant. Primrose grows best in light partial shade. The soil should be fertile, loamy, constantly moist (it should not dry out in summer). The reaction of the soil is neutral.

Tall perennial plants

Below are some tall garden plants that can grow in partial shade.

Hosta Japanese

The function or hosta grows best on fertile, slightly damp soil in partial shade, although it tolerates a sunny position. The main decoration of the plant is large, interestingly colored leaves.

Volzhanka ordinary

Perennial plant, forming large thickets up to 2 m high. Paniculate inflorescence, blooms in June-July. Volzhanka is an extremely shade-loving herb. The perennial is easy to grow, grows on almost every soil, and can grow in one place for many years. Frost-resistant, not susceptible to diseases, pests.

Raven racemose

A plant in the buttercup family is also called black cohosh. Grows best in shaded or partially shaded areas, blooms in August-September. Small flowers, collected in a dense bunch, resemble a candle, they smell strongly. Voronets inflorescences reach a height of 60 cm.

Buzulnik toothed

Grows well in shady, humid places. It can dry out in the bright sun. Buzulnik has baskets with yellowish-flowered flowers, blooms in August-September. Large leaves are also decorative.

Japanese anemone

Anemone loves partial shade and sandy loamy moist soils. It grows up to 90 cm. It blooms in late summer, usually with pink flowers.

Zarzhitsa

Kortuza Mattioli or zarzhitsa is a medium-tall perennial, rarely found in our gardens, with decorative purple-violet leaves, bell flowers. It blooms from May to July, the soil should be fertile, moist, the position is partial shade.

Lady's slipper

The real slipper or Venus belongs to the orchid family, rarely found in gardens. Loves shaded areas and thickets, blooms in May, has a pleasant smell of vanilla and lemon.

Impatient Waller

Impatiens Valerian is a herbaceous perennial native to Africa. In our climate, it is often grown as an annual. Prefers to grow in the shade, blooms profusely in a wide range of colors, flowers are very decorative. Has a long flowering period.

Astilba

The perennial is known as false spirea. It will revive the dark parts of the garden with a light trail of inflorescences. Astilbe needs to provide appropriate conditions - fertile and moist soil. Astilbe is often planted on the banks of ponds and reservoirs.

Daylilies

Shade-tolerant garden flowers with lily-like blooms, resistant and easy to grow. Perennial tolerates partial shade well. There are many interesting varieties of daylilies with original flowers, some look like sprinkled with golden brocade, others have velvet petals, and still others resemble exotic butterflies.

Bulbous and tuberous plants for semi-shade positions

Snowdrops

These are low plants with white hanging flowers, blooming in March, they are not embarrassed by the shade. Snowdrops are one of the first spring flowers to decorate a garden. They are frost tolerant.

Common dodecateon

A tuberous plant, which is quite rare in our gardens, blooms effectively and is resistant to frost. Dodecateon can grow in partial shade and should be planted with other perennials because it withers after flowering.

Corydalis

Belongs to the subfamily Dymyankovye. A low to medium-sized herbaceous plant that grows in temperate regions. It blooms in May with flowers of pink, blue, purple, white.

Hazel grouse

Herbaceous perennial with drooping flowers with a characteristic speckled pattern on the petals. It can be grown in dark and damp rockeries, in spring flower beds, under bushes or on garden lawns.

Perennial shade-tolerant shrubs

Common wolfberry

This shrub should grow in the shade. Wolfberry (wolfberry, bad man) blooms early and profusely with pink or white flowers. In June-July, wolfberry bears fruit.

The fruit of the wolfberry is very poisonous. It is not for nothing that another name for the wolf berry is deadly wolfberry. The plant should not be planted in gardens where children are walking.

Hydrangea

A beautifully flowering hydrangea shrub can grow in shady places, although it blooms less under such conditions. Hydrangea paniculata grows better in the shade.

Rhododendrons

These shade-loving shrubs prefer partial shade and even shade, secluded and sheltered from the wind positions. They bloom beautifully in May and early June. Rhododendrons need loose sandy-humus and acidic soil with moderate moisture.

Holly

Holly (Ilex aquifolium) is an ornamental shrub of the Holly family. It can grow in the shade, in the company of tall trees. The best places for holly are secluded, sheltered from the wind, with not too large fluctuations in temperature. The bright midday sun can "burn" holly leaves. The decorative effect of holly is given by spherical fruits, beautifully contrasting with the dark green foliage. They stay on the bushes all winter, but the plant is sensitive to severe frosts.

Fuchsia

Perennial native to America. In our climate, it is grown as an annual, as it is afraid of frost. Fuchsias can be planted in the ground in a shady or semi-shady place for the summer - this shrub does not like strong sun. It is important to ensure sufficient soil moisture and regular fertilization. Fuchsia blooms throughout summer and autumn. In winter, it should be moved to a cool room.

Trees

The following trees also do well with shading.

European beech

The tree grows well in fertile and slightly damp soil. Beech can grow in the shade.

Common ash

Ash grows rather quickly and is resistant to air pollution. Can grow in medium soil (although it prefers fertile soil). The tree can be planted in partial shade.

Mountain ash

Rowan is a small, resilient tree or shrub that grows in any soil and tolerates shade. From summer to winter, mountain ash is decorated with decorative orange-red fruits.

Elm

European and mountain elm require moist, fertile soil. They are frost resistant, can grow in the shade, but can develop Dutch elm disease.

Canadian hemlock

Tsuga (tsuga canadensis) is a coniferous tree or shrub that prefers moist places, fertile soils. Dwarf varieties are suitable for small gardens, they can be planted on shady beds, rockeries.

Plants that can be grown under trees

The following plants can be grown under tall trees that provide a lot of shade:

• liverworm;
• snowdrops;
• lily of the valley;
• periwinkle;
• tenacious;
• touchy;
• forget-me-nots;
• violets.

Plants for wet, coastal locations

For planting on the shady shores of water bodies, in humid places, the following are suitable:

• astilba;
• buzulnik;
• hellebore;
• marsh marigold;
• Japanese iris, Siberian, ordinary yellow iris;
• willow loosestrife;
• European swimsuit;
• loosestrife point;
• Anderson's Tradescantia, Virginia;
• ivy.

Fruit trees, shrubs, vegetables

It is quite difficult to grow fruit crops in shaded areas, because there are few shade-loving plants for a summer residence, a vegetable garden, a garden that like such conditions. If the shade is provided by a large tree, the soil in that area is usually rather barren and too wet. The choice of crops for shady areas is less than for decorative ones, however, even in poorly lit areas, you can try to grow some fruits, vegetables or herbs. You need to choose plants that will at least tolerate partial shade.

Berry bushes, nuts

Largest selection of shade tolerant crops among shrubs as they are or have been part of the forest floor.

Currant

This shrub is unpretentious, but it is worth feeding the soil with plenty of compost. The currant can grow in partial shade and is frost-resistant. There are:

1. white currant (the sweetest, children like it);
2. red (more acidic);
3. black - not very tasty when fresh, but excellent for canning, contains a lot of vitamin C.

The best date for planting currants is late autumn. Currant bushes grow best on humus, medium-heavy, sandy and loamy soil with sufficient moisture.

Gooseberry, yoshta

Gooseberries grow well in partial shade. He needs to provide a slightly better soil than currants: fertile, fairly moist, with a slightly acidic reaction. The gooseberry has fruits with green, yellow or reddish peels, often covered with glandular hairs. Some varieties have smooth and shiny skins.

Yoshta is a hybrid of black currant and gooseberry. Grows well in partial shade. Yoshta and gooseberries can be planted, for example, under cherry trees.

Blueberry

This berry shrub can grow in shady areas. A plant with very low soil requirements, light (sandy), acidic, humic, moist and airy soils are suitable for it. It is worth planting blueberries in groups because they need another bush for pollination. Blueberry fruits contain micro and macro elements - calcium, phosphorus, potassium, vitamins A, group B.

Hazelnut (hazelnut)

Hazelnut is resistant to low temperatures, does not require special soil and climatic conditions. Peat and too wet soils are not recommended. He likes the sun or partial shade. Hazel can grow in the shade, but produces fewer nuts. Unfortunately, the plant is often attacked by pests.

Raspberries

Raspberries can grow in the sun or in partial shade, they are resistant to frost, droughts, and do not impose increased demands on the soil.

Blackberry

The shrub grows in dry, light and sandy soil - the fruits are tasty, but the plant grows strongly, you need to control its growth.

Aronia

Plant with low soil requirements. Grows well in various soils. Withstands low temperatures down to -35 ° С. Prefers positions from completely sunny to partial shade, the plant is resistant to pests.

Dogwood

Garden dogwood is an unpretentious shrub, grows well in the sun and in partial shade, tolerates calcareous soils, dry and polluted air. In full shade, it bears poorly, has a loose crown shape. The fruits are edible raw. Marmalade, preserves, jam, tinctures, compotes are prepared from dogwood.

Fruit trees

Most fruit trees need sun. In partial shade, you can plant an apple tree. Typically, variety descriptions indicate that apple trees love the sun, but they can also grow and produce in places with less direct sunlight. In partial shade, cherry and cherry trees can grow and bear fruit.

Vegetables and herbs

The choice of shade-tolerant vegetable crops is very limited. You can plant:

1. Parsley - Can grow on light, sandy dry soil.
2. Red beets are best sown on light, moist soil.
3. Medicinal sage can grow in partial shade, on light, sandy, dry soil with a neutral or slightly alkaline reaction.
4. Kale (Kale) is a biennial plant belonging to the cabbage family that prefers cold climates. Cabbage will tolerate almost all types of soil, provided adequate drainage is provided. The plant does not like drought, tolerates shading. It is not affected by pests and diseases. After freezing, cabbage leaves become more tender and taste better, contain more sugar, lose their characteristic bitterness, so they should be harvested after the first frost. Kale grows best during the colder months of November-December.
5. Peppermint - loves rather heavy soils, relatively moist.

What to remember when planting in the shade?

• many shade-loving garden plants have dark green (sometimes shiny) leaves;
• in such places, you should avoid planting perennials with two-colored or multi-colored leaves (they will be unattractive and more difficult to grow);
• you should not plant plants that give large flowers, with the exception of rhododendron and hydrangea;
• care must be taken to ensure sufficient distances between plants (too high density can cause fungal diseases, increased mosquito activity);
• to illuminate shady corners, perennials with light-colored leaves or flowers should be planted;
• from deciduous shrubs, azaleas with cream or pink flowers, hydrangeas with beautiful, white flowers, boxwood, cotoneaster, dogwood, ligoustras, periwinkles look great;
• to make the composition of the beds interesting and varied, it is worth planting conifers for the garden, which prefer shady places, for example, yew.

Conclusion

Garden owners often struggle with the problem of using shady areas. As a rule, growing trees and shrubs is not a big problem, the situation with low plants, such as perennials, is worse. Many species that grow in such areas die or become less decorative. With the right choice, shady spots in the garden can be colorful and decorative.

As the trees and shrubs grow, the shade of the area increases. For many gardeners, shaded areas are a real problem. Although, in reality, making a beautiful flower bed under apple trees or planting shade-tolerant shrubs near a house or a fence is quite simple. You need to choose the right plants that are suitable for these purposes.

Before choosing shade-tolerant plants for the garden, it is necessary to determine the level of illumination of the site: places with little sun and those into which light does not penetrate at all.

Pay attention to shade-tolerant plants examples and photos of which are presented below, this will help you choose the right seedlings for planting and growing in shaded areas.

Shade-tolerant shrubs are perfect to fill in shaded spaces or to smoothly divide an area from trees to grassy areas.

Privet (lat.Ligústrum)

Differs in dense branching, unpretentious to the ground, resistant to droughts, but does not tolerate frosts. Therefore, it is necessary to carefully wrap the privet bush for the winter with a cloth or burlap.

Cotoneaster (lat.Cotoneáster)

It stands out in dense branches with foliage of a dark green hue, which turns red in autumn. Small flowers of pinkish or white color are not very decorative, in contrast to the black and bright red cotoneaster berries that appear by the beginning of autumn.

Mahonia aquifolistic (lat.Mahōnia aquifōlium)

A plant that loves shade and moist soil. Magonia will delight with green foliage all year round, and in April and May - with spectacular yellow-gold flowers.

Dogwood (lat.Córnus)

This shrub is often empty with the ornamental Derain White, due to the similarity of the names. But unlike him, it bears fruit, delicious and sweet and sour. Due to its resistance to frost and simplicity, it is especially popular in central and northern Russia. Its foliage, which changes color depending on the season, looks great in both summer and winter. It is also called Dogwood.

Forsythia (lat.Forsythia)

Chubushnik (Latin Philadélphus)

It is also called garden jasmine. The bush, planted in a shady area, grows and blooms beautifully. Most varieties of chubushnik tolerate drought and winter well, and are not particularly demanding on the soil.

Snowberry (Latin Symphoricárpos)

Great during fruiting. Snowberry fruits - greenish-white with a reddish blush or pearl pink, will delight the eye until late autumn.

In a place inaccessible to the sun, you can organize a beautiful flower bed using flowering shade-loving plants.

Hellebore (lat.Helléborus)

It will delight you with yellow or cream flowers for two weeks in May, and the rest of the period with beautiful and bright foliage.

Forest Hyacinth (Latin Hyacínthus)

It grows well under trees, in early spring a large pedicel is covered with many small bells. When growing Forest Hyacinth, precautions must be taken because the plant often causes skin irritation upon contact.

Lily of the valley (lat.Convallária)

Loves the shadow very much. Its white, fragrant flowers appear in May and June. In August, the stems are covered with bright orange berries, which look delicious. The plant is considered poisonous, so you need to supervise young children. Used for medical purposes.

Trillium (Latin Trillium)

Differs in dark green broad leaves. Blooming white in June, smoothly changes color to pinkish, and then turns red. The plant loves shade, but requires aeration of the soil.

Digitalis (Latin Digitális)

It grows well in places inaccessible to light, a year after planting it gives whitish, pinkish-orange or purple flowers.

Dicentra (lat.Dicéntra)

Flowering begins in May and ends in September. Dicenter flowers are crimson or bright pink.

Brunnera (Latin Brunnera)

A perennial plant with blue or creamy small flowers, the leaves of which are especially decorative and a wide variety of colors.

Each houseplant also needs certain conditions under which it will thrive and feel comfortable. Not all of them tolerate even slight shading. Therefore, it is very important to know which flowerpots are best grown on windowsills and terraces on the south side, and which on the north.

Soleirolia or Helksina (Latin Soleirolia soleirolii)

The plant belongs to the ground cover of the Nettle family. Perfect for server side, shade tolerant.

Sansevieria three-lane (Latin Sansevieria trifasciata)

The most beloved species of sansevier by flower growers. Due to its unpretentiousness, the plant is widely used for landscaping office premises and public places, shade-tolerant.

Common ivy (Latin Hedera helix)

Suitable for vertical gardening. Due to the large mass of leaves, the plant is considered one of the best for air renewal in the house.

Philodendron climbing (lat.philodendron hederaceum)

The most popular species used for landscaping kitchens and warm verandas in the house (called the house loach). Requires abundant watering from spring to autumn (the land should not dry out) and limited in winter (once a week is enough), unpretentious to light.

Clivia

A herbaceous plant with beautiful flowers, grows well in fertilized, moist soil, belongs to the shade-tolerant.

Begonia (lat.Begoniaceae)

The plant prefers moderate watering (no more than a liter of settled water per week, it is best to just spray the leaves and maintain the humidity in the room). With a strong flood of water, the roots begin to rot, and the flower dies. Today, there are hundreds of varieties of begonias. Blossoming - prefer bright lighting, but require protection from direct sunlight. Decorative leafy - shade-loving.

Nephrolepis (Latin Nephrolépis)

From the genus of ferns. Best grown on west, east and north windows. It is a shade-tolerant indoor plant - will be an excellent decoration for any garden.

Adiantum (lat.Adiantum)

With tough petioles and delicate leaves, it requires constant protection from the rays of the sun and stay in partial shade.

Dracaena (lat.Dracaena)

The shrub grows on the east and west side, does not like the direct light of the sun. It is considered a shade-tolerant plant.

Rapis (lat.Rhapis)

Prefers diffused light, but can also be in direct sunlight.

Hamedorea graceful (lat.Chamaedorea elegans)

A small, slow growing palm tree. Requires moderate light or light partial shade, as well as protection from direct sunlight.

Outcome:

If your orchard is developing well and occupies most of the area, this is not a problem. Thanks to our catalog of plants, everyone can easily choose exactly such shade-loving perennials for the garden that they like.

On a suburban area in places with insufficient light, it is best to start seedlings of shade-loving plants for a perennial garden. Landscape designers argue that the shade generated by the growth of trees has a different character. It can be scattered, dense, or change depending on the season and time of day. But all darkened corners require special care. There is an opinion that plants need a lot of solar heat and light, but in reality everything is completely different. Nature adapts, and today you can find shrubs, ornamental grasses that prefer darkened areas to open sunny spaces. All of them have their own characteristics and are remarkable for the extraordinary, non-standard beauty of shape and shade.

Perennial shade-loving plants are perfect for areas with a lot of trees and a lack of sunlight.

Shadow lovers: who is it?

There is a huge variety of shade-loving crops that are used to decorate the countryside. They can be classified by type as follows:

By development and growth period:

• annuals - those that reach their peak of development during one season;
• perennial - those that will decorate the space in front of the house for more than one season.

By variety:

• herbs are a large group that is used to decorate the general background;
• flowers: differ in brightness and contrast, the peak of development is the formation of inflorescences, are used for decorative design, do not exceed 15-30 cm in height;
• shrubs: can reach heights of several meters, are used to create hedges or as an accent.

Aquilegia has a wonderful aroma and does not require careful maintenance.

Shade-loving perennials differ in that:

• tolerate low temperatures well;
• with the onset of the first cold weather, the upper part dies off or simply dries up;
• as soon as the first rays of the sun warm the earth, the top will come to life again.

Attention! All cereals, flowers and shrubs, which are classified as shade-loving, are distinguished by violent formations (although they are mostly dull and inconspicuous) and a lush deciduous cap.

To maintain the attractiveness of a suburban area, it is necessary to use such plants that will replace each other when the season changes. Experts say that there is nothing better than grouping different varieties that differ in development time. So the landscape will constantly play with new colors.

Before planting, you need to select and prepare a place. After all, it is the location that will affect the quality of the foliage. Moreover, it is necessary to understand that the plant will occupy the allotted area for at least 5-10 years.

Among other preparatory measures, four main ones are distinguished:

• removing weeds;
• removal of the root system of weeds;
• creating a nutrient layer with fertilizers and minerals;
• loosening and digging up the soil.

These manipulations will be quite enough for the new inhabitants of the garden to feel comfortable.

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Shade-tolerant grasses and ornamental grasses

From different types of astilba, you can grow a gorgeous flower bed.

In the garden, decorative cereals are used for decoration. With their help, they line the general background and form the basis for the implementation of any design solution. All cereals are characterized by the following features:

• require minimal maintenance;
• unpretentiousness;
• firmness;
• minimum replenishment with mineral fertilizers is required;
• lay the "carpet" for at least several years.

A garden in which herbs and cereals are used for decoration will be beautiful in late autumn and even in the winter season.

Today, there are over 10,000 different ornamental herbs. Under this name, it is customary to understand the families of cereals, rump, aroid and cattail. If we talk about decorative types, then it should be understood that they are perceived by humans differently from ordinary ones. First of all, the emphasis here is not on brightness, but on abundant flowering and graceful form.

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Shade-loving flowers

Perennial shade-tolerant plants are the best option for summer cottages or homesteads that have a large number of shaded zones. It is best to decorate these spaces with perennials who are not whimsical to the external conditions of the environment and care. The following varieties are considered the most popular:

Forest hyacinth grows well in the root system of trees.

1. Aquilegia. A very unusual flower with a fabulous scent and attractive appearance.
2. Astilba. It is often used to decorate gardens and flower beds, but few people know that this species is suitable for growing in shaded areas and corners.
3. Brunner. It develops over a long period of time. It will delight the eye with creamy inflorescences and small blue flowers. Leaves painted in a silvery-bluish color will look very attractive against the general background.
4. Forest hyacinth. Has a graceful appearance and sweetish aroma. In its natural habitat, it grows near the root system of trees.
5. Rogers. She absolutely does not tolerate drought. Grows in tall, large arrows. Requires additional watering from the gardener.
6. Lily of the valley. Feels great in the shade of trees. Blooms for a short period.
7. Tenacious. It is notable for the fact that it can bloom from the beginning of March and continues to bloom until the end of November.
8. The host has the widest color palette.

All the varieties listed above are among the most persistent and hardy. They can be grown both in a closed ornamental garden and outdoors.

Attention!

In places with a high level of shade, all varieties of primroses will bloom for a long period.

Moreover, they can be planted right under shrubs and trees.

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Shade-loving shrubs

The tenacious can bloom for a long period from March to October.

The garden is another opportunity to feel like an artist. Every gardener can feel like a designer and create an unreal picture from a collection of flower groups and shrubs. When choosing the latter, one must take into account not only their decorative features, but also the nature of the development of the root system. This is necessary in order not to harm the development of young trees in the future.

Shade-tolerant plants are considered the best option for the design of areas located near residential buildings, and for the formation of hedges. The most popular options are yellow acacia, silver elk, exochord and euonymus. In order to organize the garden plane as efficiently as possible, it is worth planting shrubs in shaded spaces that will bear fruit in the future. These include viburnum, cultivated currants, hazel, barberry and hawthorn.

Conifers will look very effective in the garden. They are unpretentious and easy to care for. They are also much easier to replant than any other shrub species. The ideal option for decorating the site is juniper and thuja.

Attention! Hybrid varieties and catchments tolerate the lack of sunlight well. They are distinguished by their incredible shape and color. The foliage of some shrubs can be colored like a zebra or a leopard.

Whatever the site or garden, there is always one or more corners on it, where the sun's rays practically do not fall, whether it be a shadow from a house or large trees. But do not worry about this. The flora is very rich in species, and you can always choose shade-loving or shade-tolerant plants for the garden, which will delight with flowering and decorative leaves.

Classification of plants according to the requirements for lighting

Sunlight, water and good, fertile soil are the basic requirements of plants to ensure successful cultivation. But not all flowers and trees like bright sunlight, depending on this, they are divided into three groups.

1. Light-loving plants for the garden, their second name is heliophytes. They love open spaces and sunlight, but they can die in shade. This group includes the vast majority of garden flowers. From annuals: petunia, marigolds, lobelia, godetia, etc. From perennials, for example, daylily, rudbeckia, Gaillardia, arabis, chisetz. And also trees: Ginnala maple, Manchurian walnut.
2. Shade-tolerant plants for the garden. This group includes species that also love sunlight, but 5-6 hours in the morning or afternoon are enough for them. However, flowering may not be as abundant and long-lasting. This group includes plants such as anemone, astilba, alpine catchment (in the first photo), dicentra, peony, blueberry, etc.
3. Shade-loving plants for the garden. These species prefer to grow in secluded corners where the sun is almost non-existent. They usually have deep green leaves. First of all, these are ferns, hosts, lilies of the valley, lungwort, foxglove, etc.

Shade-tolerant conifers for the garden

Evergreen trees and shrubs always give the garden a special charm and delight the eye throughout the year. All of them have an amazing aroma that not only improves mood, but also disinfects the air. There are many types of conifers, they differ in size, crown shape, requirements for soil and lighting. Many plants do not like bright sun, and young specimens, without exception, require some shading in the early stages of growth. The most popular among gardeners are the following varieties of shade-tolerant conifers:

• spruce canadian, common, prickly, Serbian and "Entelmani";
• Siberian fir, balsamic, Canadian, one-color;
• yew "Repundens" and Canadian (pictured);
• drooping tuevik (Japanese);
• echiniformis;
• the microbiota is cross-pair.

All conifers are quite unpretentious, but some require abundant watering and shelter for the winter. Many decorative species grow rather slowly, which allows them to be used on alpine slides, in group plantings.

Choosing shade-tolerant shrubs

Shade-tolerant plants for the garden and vegetable garden of this group can be purely decorative in nature or also bring practical benefits. In addition, there are decorative deciduous and flowering. Let's dwell on the most popular and common ones.

It should also be noted the following shade-tolerant plants for the garden, which are part of the group of shrubs and have decorative leaves: privet, boxwood, euonymus (winged and warty), Thunberg barberry.

Shade-tolerant trees in the garden

If you want to choose decorative, not fruit trees for the garden, then you should pay attention to several types. Maple remains one of the most popular trees for landscaping. Large dissected leaves are especially beautiful in autumn, when they acquire a bright color. There are many types of maple: field maple, holly, silver, white, sugar, Japanese. The tree forms a beautiful spreading crown and enough B it is quite possible to plant shade-tolerant flowering plants for the garden.

Very often, forest beech and hornbeam are used for landscaping, they have garden varieties and forms. They look great not only in group, but also in single plantings, and the crown is easy to trim and shape.

Fruit trees and shrubs growing in the shade

Not many fruit trees and shrubs are capable of growing and yielding well in the shade, they still require sun. Of the species most resistant to a lack of light, raspberries and blackberries should be noted, since their natural habitat is forest thickets and wet ravines, they tolerate partial shade well. You can also plant barberries and gooseberries, which will be good neighbors for these species. The first shrub is winter-hardy, grows quickly and gives a good harvest of berries, which have a specific sour taste. The gooseberry (pictured) is also characterized by very valuable fruits that are used to make jams and compotes.

Now it is much easier to choose shade-tolerant ones for the garden, because the varieties are constantly being updated. You just need to choose a product taking into account your wishes. Contact nurseries directly, as the markets often sell absolutely not what is stated on the package.

Herbaceous shade-tolerant for the garden

If your garden mainly consists of shady corners, then this is not a reason to give up planting flowers. Perennials include plants that winter in the soil for many years, while the aboveground part dies off annually, and the roots remain alive. The main advantage of shade-tolerant perennial flowers is decorative foliage.

From the very early spring, bulbous primroses can decorate your garden. At this time, the trees have not yet bloomed their leaves, and the light penetrates unhindered into all corners of the garden. These can be early-flowering tulips, crocuses, forest trees, hazel grouses, daffodils, muscari.

Of the perennials that will bloom all summer, we recommend ordinary peonies (for partial shade) and wild ones, arum, adonis, badan catchment (aquilegia), daylily, hosts. Also, do not ignore biennial flowers: foxgloves, mallow, forget-me-nots.

Shade-tolerant annuals in the garden

These plants can diversify any flower bed or flower garden. The number of species and varieties cannot be enumerated. Even for a shady garden, you can easily pick up about a dozen different annual flowers. We will give only a few of the most unpretentious and common types as an example.

• Ageratum - a low plant literally forms a carpet of blue inflorescences, flowering continues from early summer to late autumn. Prefers semi-shaded places.
• Kobeya is an annual liana that braids the entire surface of the support with a green carpet; large bell-shaped flowers of various shades appear throughout the summer.
• Kosmeya is a beautiful annual that actively reproduces by self-seeding. It is quite high (about 1 m) and grows rapidly, which allows this plant to fill empty spaces in a short time.
• Levkoy (photo above), plants of different sizes depending on the variety with spike-shaped fragrant inflorescences.

Also noteworthy are nemesia and mimulus.

Horizontal landscaping of shady areas of the garden

To do this, use shade-tolerant ones (they are also called vines). Do not forget that if you choose perennial species, then they will need strong support, since they are gaining a fairly large mass. This is especially true for semi-woody varieties. The most famous is or parthenocissus (pictured). Liana grows to a height of 15 meters, while it is undemanding to the soil and does not require additional maintenance. The only difference is that in a heavily shaded area, the leaves may be slightly smaller in size and not as bright.

Clematis is often used for vertical gardening, but it is suitable for warm climates with mild winters. This is a rather capricious liana, prefers sunny places, although light shading is also possible. It is also worth noting such plants as kirkazon, woodcutter, princes.

Shade-tolerant ampelous plants

A gazebo, terrace or patio is hard to imagine without beautiful bushes of flowers hanging their green lashes from hanging planters. Ampel shade-tolerant plants for the garden are not numerous in comparison with their sun-loving relatives, but still they are. Lobelia in particular, which blooms in many pure shades of blues and blues. In partial shade it will feel quite good, the main thing is to provide it with fertile soil and regular watering.

Much less often you can find bacola, dichondra and strange nolina. Despite the complex and unfamiliar names, these plants are quite unpretentious and in a short time form thickets densely covered with bright flowers.

When choosing decorative shade-tolerant plants for the garden, do not expect abundant flowering from them, large and double inflorescences. All of them are prized primarily for the decorative appearance of the leaves.