If you have a lot of shade in your garden, this Shade Garden deck is for
you. The 30 plants and shrubs in this deck will flourish in partial to full
shade. All are perennials whose beauty will return to delight you year after
year. Plants are hardy at least to zone 5 and most to zone 3 or 4.
Many shade plants are subtle shades of green; however, with careful
planning you can enjoy a surprising amount of color, from clear blue
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) and cheery yellow Celandine
Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) in the spring to lavender Purple
Flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus) in mid-summer to pale Yellow
Waxbells (Kirengeshoma palmata) in the fall.
This deck includes several white-blooming plants with bloom periods from
spring through fall. White flowers can brighten the darkest corner of your
garden.
Although most of the plants and shrubs in this deck do have flowers,
nearly all of them are treasured more for their attractive foliage that adds
subtle beauty throughout the growing season.
This deck includes ferns, ground covers and shrubs as well as flowering
perennials in a wide variety of sizes, shapes, textures, and bloom types. The plants have
varying soil
and moisture requirements, so you can be confident of finding plants that
will thrive in your specific growing conditions.
