The Shade Garden

• The Shade Garden can be a colourful place.
• I've installed several shade gardens using these flowers (and others).
• These flowers bloom at different times of the year.
• Featured on this page is a partial plant list for successful shade gardening.

In Middle GA where I've been gardening for the last 15 years, it's too hot to spend a lot of time outdoors in the full sun. Hence the shade garden assumes a major role in the landscape.

While leaf textures and leaf colour is generally the primary focus of the shade garden, I feel like the blooms are important. With thought given to bloom times, it's possible to have blooms in the shade garden every month of the year.

• soil work in the shade garden
• perennial seeds suitable for planting in the shade garden
• Ken Druse, The Natural Shade Garden An excellent shade gardening resource!
• searchable plant database More plants for the shade garden