Shade-loving annual flowers for flower beds. Shade-tolerant plants for the garden - which unpretentious species are best planted on your site? Perennial shade-loving and shade-tolerant plants for the garden

If you need to create a shade flower garden, first of all determine how many hours it is illuminated by the sun: the range of plants for partial shade is much wider than for shade.

It is also very important to determine the soil moisture: for a dry shade, the assortment of plants is different than for a moist shady place. There are many shady perennials, there are those who even like to grow in such places - these are hostas, ferns, Rogers, Arizema, Goryanka, sedges, hellebore, crows, martagon lilies ...

This list can be continued for a long time.

When sunlight is in short supply, the rest of the conditions for plant growth should be as favorable as possible: it is important to carefully and create the best soil and hydrological conditions for perennials, for which you should carefully cultivate the soil, that is, add fertile soil and close it shallowly at some distance from the trees and shrubs. Apply mineral fertilizers carefully, it is better to add rotted manure or compost. It is good to add humus, compost or clay fertile soil to sandy soils, and sand and peat to heavy clay.

In the conditions of the shade, some conifers safely exist - tuevik and dwarf Canadian hemlock, some junipers, fir and Christmas trees. The assortment of deciduous shrubs is extensive, these are deren, elderberry, mock orange, hawthorn and a number of others.

In partial shade, it is quite possible to create an elegantly flowering composition. Most tall plant here is a changeable highlander, a large perennial, a luxurious “bush” of which grows up to a height of 2 m. Its huge paniculate inflorescences look like white clouds. It blooms from late June to mid-August, panicles are decorative even after flowering. To the right of it is another tall perennial veronicastrum variety Fascination with lilac-blue inflorescences, blooming simultaneously with the mountaineer. In front of the mountaineer - Superbac astilbe with dense large inflorescences, blooming in July. Blush loosestrife variety is a tall "bush" with pale pink inflorescences. All of these plants grow well in partial shade, but will also grow well in the sun. But the blue hostas holding the edge of the composition would look ugly in the sun, bright sunlight would break the blue wax coating on their leaves. This will not harm the host, but the plant will look unpresentable.

Scheme of a shady flower garden 4 x 3 m

1. host (Hosta), grade Color Glory;
2. loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), cultivar Blush;
3. Veronicastrum virginica (Veronicastrum virginica), cultivar Fascination
4. changeable mountaineer (Polygonum polymorpha);
5. Chinese astilbe (Astilbe chinensis), Superba variety

Growing features

• Spring. To get a spring effect, spring bulbs should be planted between perennial curtains, as well. You can use daffodils, scillas, galanthus and white flowers, pushkinia, etc. In the spring, you need to check and, if necessary, update the layer of decorative mulch from ground pine or larch bark. It not only decorates and, as it were, completes the composition, but also gradually improves the soil under the plants, making the conditions for their growth more comfortable.
• Summer. The largest perennial in this composition is the mountaineer changeable. It is interesting from the moment it emerges from the ground, it is especially decorative from the end of June - the beginning of July during flowering, which lasts until mid-August. Huge fragrant paniculate inflorescences of small white flowers look like white clouds, after flowering its fluffy panicles are still decorative. This highlander is unpretentious, hibernates without shelter, grows well on any soil. Veronicastrum, loosestrife and high astilbe Superba also bloom in mid-summer. All of them grow well in the sun, no less they like to grow in partial shade. These perennials are quite decorative even after flowering. Hosta leaves are beautiful. No special care of the composition is required.
• Autumn. We remove the stems and leaves of perennials after frost. If you want to make the composition even more blooming, it is quite possible to plant a host and astilbe lilies behind the curtains in the fall; martagon lilies, as well as unpretentious Asian hybrids, will grow well in partial shade.
• Winter. This composition does not decorative effect in winter.

Height 60 cm

Chartreuse leaves in spring, yellow in summer, wide blue-green border

The flowers are white, flowering period July-August

Veronicastrum virgin (Veronicastrum virginica), grade Fascination

Height 1.5 m

Pale lilac vertical inflorescences

Decorative all season, blooms in July-August

Height 1.2 m. Small pale pink flowers are collected in dense candle-shaped ears

Blooms in June-August, decorative before and after flowering

Variable knotweed (Polygonum polymorpha)

Height up to 2 m

Large white paniculate inflorescences

Blooms from late June to mid-August, ornamental before and after flowering

Astilbe Chinese (Astilbe chinensis), grade Superba

Height 1 m

Dense large pink-purple inflorescences, shiny carved leaves.

Blooms from late August to September for a month

Flower garden in the shade against the background of the fence

The background for the composition is a dark gray-blue fence. A tall mock orange is planted near it, pink foxgloves bloom against its background. Digitalis is most commonly grown as a biennial plant. Its height reaches 1.5 m. Pink large flowers are collected in a one-sided, racemose inflorescence up to 80 cm long. Flowering time - June-July.

Perennial lupine blooms in June with pale yellow flowers in long racemes, its palmate leaves on long petioles are interesting. Faded lupins look unattractive, they are best planted in small groups in the depths of the flower bed behind perennials that cover them.

The front edge of the composition is held by a cuff and bergenia. Rounded pubescent decorative leaves cuffs look great next to the large, dark green, shiny, leathery bergenia leaves. The cuff blooms from June to August with small greenish-yellow flowers in loose inflorescences. The low variegated daylily of the Golden Zebra variety with narrow curving striped yellow-green leaves illuminates the shady place, its small yellow flowers are uninteresting, it is better to remove them.

Planting scheme for a shady flower garden

1. digitalis purple (Digitalis purpurea);
2. crown mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius), grade Aurea;
3. soft cuff (Alchemilla mollis);
4. variegated day lily (Hemerocallis), Golden Zebra variety;
5. multi-leaved lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus)

Mock oranges prefer a sunny location, but grow well and bloom in partial shade, the expressive Aurea variety retains its golden color in the shade. Each variety of mock orange blooms for 2-3 weeks, you can pick them up according to the timing of flowering so that varieties and species will decorate the garden with snow-white or cream flowers for two months from June to July. Vigorous sprawling bushes look chic: graceful mock oranges of the Lemoine selection are good for a mixborder. The main advantage of the mock orange is the aroma, some of its species are extremely fragrant, many gardeners prefer mock oranges with a strawberry smell, but there are mock oranges without any smell at all.

Growing features

• Spring. Badan blooms beautifully in May. Digitalis purpurea thrives well in full sun, although it grows well and blooms in partial shade, it is a perennial, most often grown as a biennial. It is propagated by seeds, which are sown in the last decade of April and early May directly into the ground, slightly sprinkling them with earth. It is desirable to cover the crops with lutrasil. If the seedlings are too frequent, they are thinned out. At first, the seedlings develop extremely slowly, after 1-1.5 months they need to be picked at a distance of 5 cm from each other. Plants are planted in place at the end of May according to the scheme 10 × 15-25 cm.

Particular attention should be paid to the correct formative pruning of the mock orange, which will give the bush a neat symmetrical shape. In early spring, the strongest branches are slightly pruned, over the summer they form shoots of moderate growth. Weak branches are pruned strongly, stimulating the active growth of annual shoots. This way we will balance the shape of the bush. Every 2-3 years, you need to remove old shoots older than 10-12 years, this will make flowering more abundant.

• Summer. Mock orange, foxglove and multi-leaf lupine bloom luxuriantly. To prolong the flowering of lupine, its dried inflorescences are cut off before the formation of seeds, then the plant grows new shoots and inflorescences are formed that bloom in August. Small greenish-yellow cuff flowers appear throughout the summer, its leaves are constantly decorative. Shiny leathery leaves of bergenia look great. The narrow curving striped leaves of the Golden Zebra daylily are decorative.
• Autumn. The second peak of decorativeness of badans is autumn. With the first night frosts, the color of its leaves changes, becoming even more spectacular.
• Winter. In winter, the composition is of no interest.

Bergenia cordifolia, cultivar Purpurea

Height up to 50 cm.

Leathery shiny leaves turn purple in August, red-purple flowers.

Decorative all season, blooms for a month and a half in May-June

Soft cuff (Alhemilla mollis)

Height 30-40 cm

Rounded pubescent leaves, small greenish-yellow flowers in loose inflorescences

Decorative all season, blooms from June to August

Purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)

Height 1.5 m

Pink large flowers are collected in a one-sided, racemose inflorescence up to 80 cm long

Blooms in June-July

Crown mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius), grade Aurea

Height 2 m

Golden color of the leaves, large fragrant white flowers.

Decorative all season, especially good during flowering

Variegated daylily (Hemerocallis), Golden Zebra variety

Height 40-50 cm

Narrow curving striped yellow-green leaves

ornamental plant, beautiful whole season, small yellow flowers uninteresting

Multi-leaved lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus)

Height 60 cm

Pale yellow flowers in long racemes, interesting palmate leaves on long petioles

Blooms in June

All viburnum grow well and bloom in partial shade. The most famous variety of common viburnum is Buldenezh (Boute de NeigeSterile, Roseum), the main decoration of which is large spherical white inflorescences of sterile flowers. The purple willow tolerates partial shade well, here the Pendula variety grafted onto a one and a half meter stem with a rounded dense crown and long thin branches with narrow leaves, dark green above and bluish below, is planted here.

Wormwood milky-flowered with dark green glossy leaves on purple stems and small white flowers collected in dense racemose inflorescences, unlike other types of wormwood, tolerates partial shade well and blooms in August.

Very late, in September, tall Canadian chamomile, or autumn chrysanthemum, blooms, loving slightly shaded places, its white inflorescences with greenish-yellow centers are collected in umbrellas. The Rocket hybrid buzulnik is a monumental plant. Its dense heart-shaped leaves with coarsely serrated edges are good, turning purple-crimson in autumn. In July, large yellow flowers bloom on straight dark peduncles up to 1.5-2 m tall.

Flower garden scheme 7 x 2 m

1. common viburnum (Viburnum opulus), variety "Buldenezh";
2. purple willow on trunk (Salix purpurea), cultivar Pendula;
3. blue sesleria (Sesleria caerulea) (in the trunk circle under the willow);
4. Hasmanthium broadleaf (Chasmanthium tatifolium);
5. Wormwood lactiflora (Artemisia lactiflora);
6. autumn chrysanthemum, or Canadian chamomile (Chrysanthemum serotinum);
7. buzulnik hybrid (Ligularia przewalskii xLigularia stenocephala), The Rocket variety;
8. Brown's multi-row (Polystichum braunii)

There are plants that tolerate penumbra, two such grasses grow here: Hasmantium and Sesleria. And there are plants that prefer shade and partial shade, a typical example is Brown's multi-row, a magnificent meter-high rhizomatous fern, its hard fronds (leaves) form an almost regular funnel, they lie down by winter, but do not die off. These ferns can live without a transplant for more than 20 years, they do not creep. In September, their leaves turn orange.

Growing features

• Spring. In early May, Brown's multi-row fern is unusually good, when its petioles cover orange hairs, as if covering newborn "snails". If you want to divide it, do it in early May by carefully separating the side shoots from the rhizome. When the buds swell, we spray viburnum against leaf-eating insects with solutions of any insecticides. If necessary, update the layer of mulch.
• Summer. In June, the viburnum "Buldenezh" blooms magnificently, the leaves are not visible behind the spherical white inflorescences. The purple willow on the trunk is decorative all season, in the near-trunk circle under it a low blue sesleria is planted. Willow purple needs shaping pruning several times during the summer. In July, it blooms with large yellow flowers on tall dark peduncles of The Rocket buzulnik. In the middle of summer, spikelets appear in Hasmanthium, at first they are green, then they become bronze-red, as they age, they become salmon-yellow in color. Flat, hanging spikelets are held on thin stems that rise above the leaves; to the Japanese, they resemble goldfish on a fishing rod. In August, the lactic-flowered wormwood blooms.
• Autumn. Buzulnik leaves are painted in elegant purple-crimson tones. In September, fern leaves acquire Orange color, tall Canadian chamomile blooms. We cut off all perennials, except for ferns.
• Winter. The magnificent spikelets of Hasmanthium are still preserved at the beginning of winter, they are especially spectacular when they are covered with hoarfrost. Viburnum and willow on the trunk are expressive and in a leafless state.

Viburnum ordinary (Viburnum opulus), variety "Buldenezh"

Height 2-3 m

Large globular white inflorescences of sterile flowers

Decorative throughout the season

Artemisia lactiflora (Artemisia lactiflora)

Height 1.5 m. Dark green glossy leaves on purple stems, small white flowers in dense inflorescences.

Decorative all season

Purple willow (Salix purpurea), cultivar Pendula

Height 2.5 m. On a trunk 1.5 m high, the Pendula variety with a rounded dense crown and long thin branches with narrow leaves, dark green above and bluish below, is grafted. Decorative throughout the year

Sesleria blue (Sesleria caerulea)

Height 20-30 cm

Tuss of gray-blue leaves

Blooms in May-June, decorative all season

Hasmanthium broadleaf (Chasmanthium tatifolium)

Height up to 1.2 m

The spikelets are green when they open, then bronze-red, then salmon-yellow. Decorative all season, blooms in mid-summer

Chrysanthemum autumn (Chrysanthemum serotinum)

Height 160-180 cm White inflorescences with greenish-yellow centers, collected in umbrellas. Blooms in September

Buzulnik hybrid (Ligularia przewalskii x Ligularia stenocephala), The Rocket variety

Height with peduncles up to 1.5-2 m

Dense heart-shaped leaves with coarsely serrated edges, turn purple-crimson in autumn, large yellow flowers on straight dark peduncles

Decorative all season, blooms in July

Brown's multi-row (Polystichum braunii)

Height 1 m.

Rigid fronds form a funnel, by winter they lie down, but do not die off, in September the leaves turn orange.

Decorative all season

Flower garden in the shade on the north side of the house

Little sun falls on this shady flower garden, since it is located on the north side of the house. There is a little eastern sun and a little western sun here, nevertheless it turned out to be quite expressive. Carefully selected plants feel comfortable here, and some even bloom profusely.

The leaves of the host delight with a variety of colors and textures. There are many yellow-leaved and yellow-variegated cultivars that create a sunny mood in a shady flower garden.

Feel great in the shade of two unevenly tall spherical thuja, astilba with pale pink inflorescences and bergenia. The graceful dwarf form of black spruce with a rounded crown loves shade, its needles have a bluish-green color.

Dwarf buzulnik variety Osiris Cafe Noir is beautiful with chocolate leaves unusual shape. In July-August, golden-yellow flowers appear on purple-red peduncles.

Scheme of a flower garden in the shade 8 x 3.5 m

1. host (Hosta), grade Green Marmalade;
2. host (Hosta), grade Pauls Glory;
3. host (Hosta), grade War Paint;
4. western thuja (Thuja occidentalis), cultivar Selena;
5. thuja western (Thuja occidentalis), grade Globosa;
6. toothed buzulnik (Ligularia dentata), variety Osiris Cafe Noir;
7. host (Hosta), grade Sum of All;
8. astilba (Astilbe);
9. host (Hosta), grade Frisian Pride;
10. Bergenia cordifolia, cultivar Purpurea;
11. black spruce (Picea mariana), grade Nana;
12. lemon yellow day lily (Hemerocallis citrine)

Daylily lemon yellow, or citrine, is one of the most original and beautiful daylilies. A good dense shrub 80-90 cm high with dark green leaves hanging in a cascade. Beautiful large graceful fragrant lemon-yellow flowers, collected in inflorescences, towering above the leaves. It blooms profusely from the second half of July for a month and a half. When choosing daylilies for a composition, try not to pay attention to the novelty of the variety, not to the huge size of the flower or its unusualness, the harmonious appearance of the plant and the abundance of flowering are much more important.

Growing features

• Spring. For comfortable life plants, it is advisable never to leave the soil surface bare, it should be covered with plants or mulch. Mulch not only retains moisture in the soil and protects it from the drying effect of wind and sun, but also suppresses weeds, enriches the soil with organic matter, and protects plants from freezing in winter. In order for it to fulfill its purpose, its layer must have a thickness of at least 5-8 cm. Under the mulch layer, excellent conditions for feeding and reproduction of earthworms and other beneficial soil organisms. Mulch should not come into contact with the stems of plants, it should be placed around them no closer than 10-15 cm.

IN decorative compositions and mulch should be decorative. This is not a garden, so mulching with straw, freshly cut grass, weeds can only be done in the depths of the compositions, invisible to the viewer. Decorative mulch from ground bark and wood chips, fallen cones and needles, peat, compost and rotted manure, gravel and small stones, pine nut and cocoa bean husks. The soil is usually mulched in May, it should be added every spring if necessary. Badan blossoms in May.

• Summer. This composition is decorative throughout the season: beautiful hosts, two globular arborvitae, dwarf spruce, astilbe and bergenia. The leaves of the dwarf buzulnik are beautiful, in July-August bright golden-yellow flowers appear on purple-red peduncles. Astilba and daylily bloom profusely from the second half of July for a month and a half.
• Autumn. Coniferous and evergreen bergenia. Cut off perennials after frost.
• Winter. In winter, globular thujas are still beautiful, but by the middle of winter they, as a rule, are completely hidden under the snow.

In the gardens of any dacha or house, there is no certain amount of sunlight. It happens that the whole garden or garden is in the shade or vice versa - in the sun. Shade in the garden can be created by large fruit trees - apple trees, pears, plum trees, vineyards, etc. They mainly create shade in the lower tier. And any gardener wants the dew to be beautiful greenery in these places - and almost nothing grows there.

In such cases, only shade-loving flowers or plants can help out, whether they are perennial or annual. They can germinate even in places with a lack of sunlight.

Shade-tolerant flowers and plants for the garden are those that also love the sun, but they only need about six hours in the morning or afternoon. But long flowering you can not wait.

Shade-loving plants love grow in nooks and crannies where the sun is almost absent. They differ from other plants in rich in green leaves.

There are many varieties of shade-loving flowers that can be safely planted in a shady area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe garden or vegetable garden. IN hot weather it will be very pleasant to rest in the shade, where shade-loving flowers have blossomed.

For nature, any weather is a manifestation of love for the earth, which is why there are many flowers, including shade-loving and shade-tolerant ones. Thanks to these flowers, the garden plot can be decorated under any tree, near the house on the north side or under the crown of a large tree.

Shade-loving flowers - types

Several types popular shade-loving colors for garden:

• oak anemone (anemone) - "herald of spring". It blooms for 20 days - from April to the end of May (depends on planting it in the ground);
• lily of the valley (goes well in planting with anemones);
• large astrantia - a perennial plant (its height is from 40 cm to 1 m, flower up to 5 cm);
• crested hollow - flowering occurs from the beginning of spring;
• dicentra - reach a height of up to 1 m, flowering begins in May and ends in early June;
• foxglove - a two-year-old flower, beautiful from June to August, the height of the plant reaches one and a half meters;
• geranium (geranium blooms from one to one and a half months);
• liverwort - a low plant (from 5 cm to 15 cm), in the form of flowering it resembles a human liver, hence the name;
• hosta - a long-liver in the garden, can grow up to 25 years, grows slowly, and blooms in August;
• fern.

Also, in any shade, they bloom perfectly and for a long time. all primroses grow. They can be sown immediately under the tree, and if there are seedlings, immediately plant bushes.

They love the shadow of the ifia. Violet is a low fragrant flower that blooms twice a year (April-May) and in autumn.

Shade Tolerant Beauty - bought(fragrant, graceful) very rare plant in our gardens and orchards, and she did not deserve it. This is very beautiful flower, which blooms in the first half of summer with white bells. And no flower can kill its smell. Advantage: It can grow and reproduce in full shade. Reproduction occurs by seeds or roots. Moisture-loving plant. Propagated in spring by root cuttings. As soon as the flower fades - above-ground part dies off.

Astilba is suitable for shady corners. It blooms from the beginning to the end of summer with small inflorescences different colors - cream, white, pink and all reds. Moisture-loving plant, in dry weather requires abundant watering. For the winter, the stems are cut off, and the roots are covered with dry foliage. Its growth buds are located close to the soil surface, and therefore it should be protected from frost.

Daylilies and hemerocalis withstand a small shade. They love fertile soil and moisture. Currently, hybrids have been bred with their multi-colored color - from white to almost black.

annual shade tolerant plants

Of the annual shade-loving plants, they fully feel themselves - fragrant tobacco, nasturtium, lobelia.

Greens and herbs

1. Fern. The most shade tolerant plant. More than 50 species of this ancient plant grow on the territory of Russia. They have been around since the time of the dinosaurs. In the garden, gardeners usually use common fern, in which leaves resembling feathers can reach up to 1.5 m in height. They do not tolerate drought, so they should be watered more often.
2. Shade-tolerant creepers. This is Actinidia - kolomikta, Schisandra chinensis. They always have good flowering, even in heavy shading. Also very popular with gardeners is girlish grapes (triastring and five-leaf ornamental culture). Excellent curly annual plant is impomoea, which has large bell-shaped flowers of different colors.

Conifers and shrubs

A lot of shrubs, including conifers, are adapted to the lack of sun. The most popular of this type are rhododendrons. IN wild nature they grow on forest edges. In the shade, you can plant a creeping form of evergreen boxwood - they will add shine to the shade. Holly mahonia will look very beautiful in the shade and will beautifully bloom and bear fruit with blue berries.

Feels great in the shade hydrangea. This the most luxurious bush, which can winter with us.

Feels very good with northern exposure yew berry. Its color varies from yellow to almost black. There are quite a few varieties of this plant, even some that do not grow large.

There are many more shade-tolerant coniferous plants- this larch, fir and a huge number of varieties of juniper.

When fruit trees grow large in the garden, flowers and shrubs should not be neglected. Nowadays there are quite a lot of them: shade-loving and shade-tolerant. And this is just salvation from a dull desolation. And you should never bury your dream of blooming flower beds.

Shade-loving flowers for gardens

Already in early spring, we begin to think about the layout of our garden, distributing the plants that we will plant in different parts of the summer cottage. As a rule, most are faced with the problem of choosing a plant for planting in shady places that you really want to decorate with beautiful flowers or shrubs, because such areas often remain empty and unkempt.

What to plant in a shady place or which plants are shade-tolerant

A shady place is considered to be the area where sunlight falls no more than 3 hours a day, and the rest of the time there is a deep shadow.

Every garden has some shaded areas, such as the northern or western slopes, places near the fence or between large trees.

In fact, the most shady places in the garden are the most best places, because, as a rule, it is there that your favorite bench for relaxing on a hot summer day is located. However, not every plant will be able to withstand the shade, grow successfully and delight the eye with its flowering.

Shade-loving plants include those plants that, no matter how strange it sounds, do not tolerate sunlight at all or suffer from its excess. As a rule, they have bright juicy and green foliage.

All shade-loving and shade tolerant plants can be divided into 2 varieties: decorative leafy and flowering.

• To the shade-loving flowers and flowering shrubs include the following: weigela, matthiola bicorne, daisy, forget-me-not, rudbeckia, fragrant tobacco, astilbe, brunner, lungwort, hydrangea (large-leaved, tree-like, serrate), geyhera, honeysuckle, hawthorn, bergenia, rogersia, arizema, cornflower, volzhanka, aquilegia, dicentra, aconite, tenacious (ayuga), May lily of the valley, cuff, astrantia, kupena, black cohosh, buzulnik.
• To the shade-loving decorative leafy bushes includes hosta, fern, astilboides, spindle tree, Thunberg barberry, privet.

Advice! When you arrange a shady area with plants, do not plant only monocultures, shade-loving perennials and annuals look great in close proximity.

Popular shade-loving shrubs

From shrubs for shady places is ideal barberry Thunberg. In deep shade you will hardly get bright yellows and reds, and most likely it will just be a uniform green, but nevertheless, it is still a very conspicuous shade-tolerant plant.

Another small and shade-tolerant shrub is euonymus. Its variegated and low form looks very good in the garden.

Under the shade of trees it will be quite noticeable not tall shrub privet. Its lemon-colored leaves seem to illuminate a shady spot.

If you want to plant a taller shrub in a shady corner of your garden, and even with useful berries, then it is best suited for these purposes. hawthorn.

And if you need a flowering shrub, then this is suitable weigela. However, different varieties relate differently to the shade - there are more shade-tolerant, there are less.

Very decorative in a shady corner will look cotoneaster. It has beautiful dark green leathery and shiny leaves. Again, varieties differ markedly in shade tolerance.

Imagine how pleasant it will be to sit in the gazebo, which is entwined honeysuckle with its magnificent flowers.

By the way, decorative Kalina Buldenezh ( Snowball) also shade tolerant.

Popular annual and perennial shade-tolerant flowers

Favorite among flowers for shady garden there will be mattiola bicorne, forget-me-not, rudbeckia, fragrant tobacco.

Fragrant tobacco

If we talk about seasonal and annual shade-loving plants, then under the trees, where there is a big shade, in the spring you can safely plant,, and, because they will bloom in all their glory long before the leaves appear on the trees.

Brief descriptions of the most popular shade-tolerant and shade-loving perennials: shrubs and flowers

hosta

According to many flower growers, the host is just the queen of the shady garden. She has the most diverse color of leaves, ranging from gray to yellow-green, there are even leaves with a white border.

It is very appropriate to combine hosta with a wide variety of fern varieties, planting them in the shade of a house where everything is in order with humidity (it is high).

Video: care and cultivation of shade-loving hosts

astilba

This is a quirky plant that thrives in the shade and thrives in moist soil.

Video: growing and caring for shade-loving astilba

Astilboides

The most striking feature of this plant is the original large leaves. Its leaf can reach from 80 to 100 centimeters in diameter.

One more distinguishing feature astilboides is that the stalk is not usually attached to it: it grows directly from the middle of the leaf. In other words, it turns out such an umbrella on the leg.

It's luxurious and showy plant loves to grow near swampy rivers, it is in at its best suitable for decorating artificial ponds.

Buzulnik

There are a lot of varieties of buzulnikov. Those that grow naturally have dark green leaves and irresistible yellow buds.

Artificially bred buzulniks often have dark brown, even actually burgundy foliage and unusual, daisy-like, yellow flower stalks that can last for a whole month.

badan

This is a completely unique plant, perfect for planting in the shade. In winter it leaves in a green state and after winter it again appears green to the eye. The fact is that under the snow the bergenia does not shed its leaves and does not die, but remains green all the time.

The flowers of this plant are unpretentious and modest, but very cute.

Another interesting properties bergenia is that its old leaves, which turn dark or brown, have special healing properties. In Tibet, they are brewed as a rejuvenating tea.

Video: unpretentious and shade-tolerant bergenia

Brunner (forget-me-not)

Indispensable for decorating a small shady area.

Apart from beautiful leaves impressive coloring (variegated and green with a silvery cobweb), it also blooms angelically charming - small blue forget-me-nots.

You can look at her for hours, she is so airy and beautiful. It's just impossible to look away!

Video: planting and caring for a shade-loving plant, large-leaved brunner

Volzhanka (Aruncus)

It remarkably withstands partial shade, but in deep shade it blooms a little less plentifully. And still, the unpretentious Volzhanka blooms its inflorescences again and again!

Video: unpretentious Volzhanka for planting and flowering in the shade

Geichera

Geichera looks absolutely wonderful, which won the hearts of many gardeners. The number of leaf colors is surprisingly rich: from lilac-steel to bright red and green.

The sizes are also quite diverse: from miniature forms to quite tall specimens.

This is an absolutely unpretentious plant that does not require special attention, perfectly growing and not losing its decorative effect from May to October.

In addition, geykhera is very winter-hardy and perfectly tolerates the first autumn frosts, leaving under the snow with leaves covered with hoarfrost.

And in the month of May, geyhers start very quickly and gain their color due to the amazingly beautiful foliage.

It blooms marvelously beautifully, flower stalks rise high enough above the plant and last quite a long time.

In the recent past, botanists crossed geyhera and tiarella and got new variety geyherella. The plant has become even more resistant to the preservation of colorfulness, and the color range is much wider.

Video: all about growing shade-loving geyhera

Dicentra (Broken heart)

It can grow both in open and sunny areas, and in shaded areas. However, in the sun, the buds open and bloom early, and the peduncles do not differ in particular size and splendor. In shady places, the color picks up more slowly, but the flowers are brighter, larger and give pleasure with their wonderful appearance until July-August. Therefore, it would be good to plant a dicenter, for example, closer to the gazebo or house, the shadow of which will fall on the plant most day.

It will also look good next to the fence.

Video: how to grow a dicentra or a broken heart in a shady garden

Black cohosh (Cimicifuga)

His name, of course, is not entirely harmonious, but the foliage is so openwork and pretty that when you see it, you will most likely just fall in love.

At the end of summer, he usually throws out a peduncle - a long panicle with silvery flowers. The spectacle is impressive! It is simply impossible to pass by without stopping.

Another important advantage of this shade-tolerant perennial is the fact that it can grow for quite a long time in the same place.

Kupena

In our summer cottages, this flower is not widespread, but nevertheless it is a very friendly plant, which, like no other, is suitable for shady side suburban area.

Its coloring can vary from dark green to variegated, when the green leaf is bordered on the edge with white stripes.

Delicate white and pink flowers all over the stem, resembling something like a lily of the valley, are a very pleasant sight.

The plant grows quickly enough, so if you need to fill the shady space under fruit trees or plant it in the shade next to conifers, then kupena deserves your attention.

Fern

Another shadow king is the fern. Of course, he doesn’t give flowers, no matter how much we want and don’t expect, but he has amazing foliage, which comes in various colors, different sizes and forms. He lives best in a damp shady corner.

We are used to the fact that the fern is always dark green, but now we have bred varieties with dark brown color, lilac center and silvery edges of the leaves.

If you plant a fern in the shade of your garden house or in another shady place, then it will completely take all your attention and the attention of the guests of your garden.

Video: caring for a fern and growing it in the shade under the crown of trees

Rogersia

Many flower growers call her the queen of the shady garden, which grows to a height of 1.5 meters.

Thanks to the magnificent large leaves, Rogersia is very picturesque throughout the season.

Fluffy and fragrant inflorescences-panicles of white, pink or cream color bloom in early July and can bloom for more than a month.

Shaded area design idea! In the background, plant such tall and shade-loving plants as buzulniki, black cohosh and ferns, make the second tier from the host, and on the lower plan - geyhera and geyherella.

On your suburban area only shaded areas remain unplanted, and you find it difficult to find suitable plant specimens to revive them? Use our tips and recommendations for landscaping, and then the whole mosaic of your garden will come together.

Video: what plants to plant in shady area

Or near a bench near a pleasantly smelling spreading spruce. But even in these secluded corners, beautiful ornamental plants can grow that will delight us with their frilly foliage and pretty little flowers.

In this case, a natural question arises, what plants are best to plant in shady areas? This will be discussed in our article.

Feature of plants living in the shade

Plants that prefer shade are conventionally divided into two large groups.

1. The first one is shade-loving flowers, which grow normally even in heavily shaded areas with minimal doses of sunlight.
2. And here is the second group - shade-tolerant specimens- need a little more daylight.

Both groups of flowers are very moisture-loving. Often there are universal plants that feel great both in dense shade and in partial shade, and some tolerate the sun well - it depends on each specific species.

At the same time, many "shadow" plants do not differ in pronounced or long flowering. But they have original bush forms and leaves of various sizes and shades, retaining their properties throughout the season. Thanks to this, you can create incredibly beautiful leafy compositions.

The degree of shading of the site

The level of the shadow of a particular site for objective reasons is different. It is affected by the height of the sun, the angle of illumination, the duration of daylight hours, the presence and height of buildings, the direction of the “movement” of the shadow, the presence of trees or bushes with a crown of different density and different heights, etc. In this case, a thick shadow and a “light” or “light” shadow are usually distinguished. penumbra of varying degrees of moisture.

Dense shade and shade-loving plants

A heavily shaded area is an area that no more than 3 hours of sun per day. A simple example is when plants bask in the mornings in the rays of the still not hot sun, and then “leave” in dense shade on the north side of the window or under a solid crown.

In these secluded shaded corners of the cottage, its own internal microclimate is formed, which is especially evident in more high level humidity. With such a rather strong shading, they feel good:

• sedum shooter (), which forms a dense green "mat", and in June it blooms with a soft pink tint;
• tiarca with lilac, purple or white inflorescences and spectacular "carved" leaves;
• bought a pharmacy with white-greenish perianth bells;
• honey-bearing elecampane magnificent with elegant yellow flower "baskets" and with large wide leaves;
• arizema, which has the original form of inflorescences in the form of a "cobra rack";
• volzhanka with beautiful pinnately dissected green leaves and light white or pale yellow panicles;
• lamb with jagged greenish leaves with a silvery spot and pink, white or purple small flowers;
• European groundcover and evergreen hoof with excellent medicinal properties.

It also normally takes root in dense dense shade. oak anemone, buzulnik, foxglove, lilies of the valley, steep, telekia, pachysandra, thyme, periwinkle, bergenia, grate, white derain or viburnum bushes.

Do not forget about ferns: if you have been in the forest, then remember how whole carpets of these plants creep under the trees. Search flowering fern per day and you can make a wish not only in the oak forest, but also at home, planting in the shade black-rooted ostrich, male thyroid or chistoous majestic.

For all ferns, deep shade conditions are ideal, although they do well in partial shade. In the same ostrich, in spring, unusual, “airy” and large, twisted “snail” flat branches appear.

Light shade, partial shade and shade-tolerant plants

When the cottage area is illuminated by the sun for 3-6 hours- then it can be fully attributed to the territory with a "light" shadow. And under trees with a non-spreading crown or under a picket fence, where the light seems to scatter to the bottom, a cozy penumbra can form for shade-tolerant flowers.

In such not very shaded, but relatively wet areas, you will be pleased with their decorative appearance:

• hibernator (halloween) with five whitish, light green or yellow petals and evergreen, slightly dissected leaves;
• "shadow queen" hosta, with the richest palette of foliage colors - from light green and blue to bright yellow white-edged and pure white;
• astilba with numerous lush feathery leaves and neat corollas-inflorescences of white, lilac or purple hue;
• rogersia, which is remembered for its large carved leaves, branched stem and creamy white panicle inflorescences;
• geranium with small leaves that turn red in autumn, and with a rather large beautiful blue, purple or white inflorescence;
• aquilegia- “elven flower” with openwork leaves and unusual sophisticated flowers of purple, blue, white or crimson;
• geykhera with a large variety of shades of leaves of green, white, silver, cream, purple, brown or gray;
• brunerra with large long-leaved leaves and bright blue small flowers;
• rudbeckia with charming golden flowers like a small sunflower;
• hydrangea with lush bushes and an abundance of beautiful flowers of different colors;
• black cohosh with a high erect stem, lush leaves and openwork greenish-white flowers-panicles;
• lungwort flaunting its white, blue, purple, purple flowers, as well as green leaves with white spots;
• rhododendron with numerous large racemose corolla flowers of purple, yellow, pink or violet tones;
• loosestrife with a straight stem, whole-marginal leaves and white, yellow or pink flowers.

Some of the above plants can be planted even on the north or northeast side of the building (for example, rhododendron, hydrangea, certain types of hosta, astilbe or geranium, as well as rogersia or black cohosh).

More moderate moisture and a zone of "light" shade are preferred forest anemone, zelenchuk, tenacious, lupine, , dicentra, violet, peony, daylily or crow.

Day-lily

Lupine

In any case, do not allow excess moisture in the shade or partial shade: make sure that water does not stagnate in the soil. Although such plants and shrubs love moisture to varying degrees, an excess of water is critical for them. Some places may need drainage.

Also, in the areas of “light” and dry shade, beautiful and useful ones are sometimes planted, which will not only become an elegant decoration for your flower garden, but also replenish home first aid kit. For example, this peppermint, tarragon, aconite, comfrey, Rhodiola rosea, Goryanka, spring umbilical, lemon balm, woodruff etc.

Other options for the location of flower beds in the shade

In areas with rocky soil can be planted young, clove pinnate or grass, seaside armeria, fescue, subulate bryozoan, cat paw, sedum, breaker or bush dogwood.

In places with infertile but dry soil appropriate yellow Zelenchuk, saxifrage, subulate phlox or obrieta.

Each household or summer cottage has shaded areas where the sun's rays practically do not penetrate. As a rule, they make out recreation areas where it is good to wait out the summer heat. For this reason, I want to make this place beautiful and attractive, for example, by decorating a flower bed here. However, it should be borne in mind that not every plant is able to develop normally with a lack of sunlight.

What flowers can be planted in the shade in the country? To date, dozens of varieties are known to gardeners, among which there are annuals and perennials that can survive and maintain their decorative effect in such conditions.

Distinctive features of shade-loving plants

Cultures that prefer to "live" away from sunlight can be divided into two groups.

Not all garden flowers are able to grow and develop in the shade.

The first includes shade-loving plants that will take root and grow even in the most shaded area. The second category includes shade-tolerant crops that still need daylight, albeit in small quantities. And also among these varieties there are flowers that can grow both in open and shaded flower beds.

On a note. Shady and semi shade plants characterized by an increased need for moisture and intolerance to drought, as well as, in most cases, a short flowering period. But at the same time, many cultures have the original shape of a shrub or leaves, which gives them a decorative effect and allows you to arrange a luxurious flower bed in the shade.

Plants that can be planted in the country in the shade: description and photo

To create a flower bed in the shade, you can choose one plant variety, but compositions from several species look the most advantageous. Having wondered what kind of flowers to plant, you should pay attention to the crops listed below.

Periwinkle

This perennial plant is a kind of "green carpet" of dense creeping stems covered with dark green leaves. Such a culture blooms profusely in spring, and the shade of the petals can be white, blue, blue, purple or purple.

The advantage of small periwinkle is that it can grow in any light: in the sun, in partial shade or in shaded areas. In addition, all its varieties are cold-resistant and calmly winter under cover of snow.

This plant also has a second name - "Solomon's seal." This culture has a strong, branched rhizome and is abundantly covered with large leaves that have a dark green or variegated color with light veins.

The flowering period is bought in May and lasts 21-28 days. At this time, bell-shaped flowers appear on the bushes, painted in white, cream, pink, greenish or purple. After they wither, the fruits ripen in the form of red or dark blue berries.

Such a culture will take root perfectly in the shade and will look good next to a fern, doronicum, irises, tulips or primroses.

Attention! When planting and caring for this plant, precautions should be taken, since all parts of it are poisonous.

This low bush from 30 to 40 cm, covered with small leaves and forming a large number of ground cover flowers, is an excellent honey plant. If you taste the flower spike, it will be sweet.

You can recognize the lungwort by white spots on the leaves and flowers, the petals of which are able to change their color from pink to blue. This culture belongs to the early flowering, and the first buds appear in April.

The plant is perennial, and it is recommended to divide and replant it every 3 years.

This culture forms buds in early spring and pleases the eye with beautiful flowers from April to May. Primrose bushes are low, from 10 to 20 cm in length, and the flowers are double, decorated with "rims" of various shades along the edge of the petals.

Such a perennial will feel great in the shade, sheltered from the sun's rays by tall plants. There are many varieties of this culture and you can combine several of its varieties with different colors of petals in a flower bed.

Advice. Primula is extremely difficult to grow from seeds at home, so it is worth propagating it by dividing old bushes, or purchasing ready-made seedlings.

These are large plants, capable of reaching from 1 to 1.8 m in height. Such plantings will look good along the fence in a shaded area.

You can recognize Rogersia by the finger leaves on long petioles and flowers without petals, collected in fluffy panicles. This perennial propagates by dividing the bush; such manipulations are allowed in spring or autumn.

Rogersia care involves abundant watering in dry summers and cutting the bush under the root in the fall, after flowering has ended.

If on personal plot there are corners where the sun practically does not penetrate, smilatsina will be the best option for decorating a flower bed in this place.

These are perennial plants with a height of 60 to 90 cm, with arched stems and racemose inflorescences, consisting of small star-shaped flowers. They decorate the bushes from May to June and exude a delicate, pleasant aroma, and at the end of the flowering period they are replaced by red berries.

When choosing a place for smilacin, it is important to pay attention to the fact that the sun's rays practically do not penetrate this area, and if necessary, create shading.

Such a perennial culture with a height of 30 to 50 cm blooms at different times, depending on the species. For some, this period falls on May and June, and some varieties bloom from early summer to September.

Tiarella is distinguished by beautiful green leaves that turn bronze or red in autumn, and small flowers are collected in racemose panicles. The plant takes root well under tall trees with a dense crown, does not tolerate exposure to direct sunlight and is intolerant of a lack of moisture.

This is far from full list plants that can grow in the shade. Here are the most common types that do not require special care.

Plants for growing in partial shade with a description and photo

A much wider choice of plants that are suitable for growing in partial shade. These include the types below.

This is a tall plant, reaching 90 cm in length with pinnately dissected leaves, acquiring a copper tint in spring. Astilba flowers are collected in beautiful panicles that remain on the bushes until autumn.

Such a culture can be placed in the middle of a flower bed or in the background in a penumbra area. The perennial is very unpretentious, but at the same time it needs abundant watering, especially on hot days. There are also drought-resistant species of this plant, for example, Chinese astilba.

Astrantia or starfish

This perennial from the Umbelliferae family is a lush bush with small green leaves and small "star" flowers, consisting of delicate sharp petals and a fluffy core. Depending on the variety, they can be colored in various shades, from light pink to dark purple.

The plant is unpretentious and perfectly adapts to any conditions, feeling equally good both in open areas and in partial shade or dense shade of trees, however, in the absence of sunlight, it will not bloom so abundantly.

The advantage of astrantia is a long flowering period that lasts all summer months.

This culture has small white or blue tint with short spurs. It can be both tall and dwarf, for a rock garden.

Watersheds love shady areas and bloom profusely from June to May. To extend this period, you will need to remove dried buds in a timely manner and regularly apply moisture on dry days.

The plant propagates by seeds, which can be placed in the garden in the spring, and perennial bushes are divided by performing these manipulations in April.

This is a beautiful perennial plant, reaching a height of up to 30 cm. Most often, dicentra is planted along borders, in areas protected from the sun.

From May to June, these plantations with feathery foliage are decorated with beautiful flowers in the form of medallions, located on arcuate peduncles. The color of the petals can be pink, purple or red.

Attention! Since the roots of this culture lie shallow, it is not necessary to loosen the soil in the flower bed so as not to damage the underground part. It is also worth protecting the dicenter from drafts, otherwise it will have a bad effect on its growth and development.

These low bushes, reaching from 10 to 20 cm, are grown in the shade not only as an ornamental crop, covered with small white flowers from May to June, but also for the sake of delicious and useful berries that appear in July.

Strawberries multiply rapidly and are aggressive. If left unchecked, it will overwhelm weaker crops and spread throughout the area.

Siberian iris

This is a beautiful medium-sized plant with long green leaves and unusually shaped flowers. Their color can be white, yellow, pink, lavender, blue, crimson and purple.

Shaded areas are the best place to grow irises. The culture is unpretentious and does not require special care, it looks great as an independent front garden decoration or an element of mixed plantings.

garden fern

There are many types of this ornamental plant, which differ in the shape of the bush, leaf color and size.

There are ferns that grow only up to 30 cm, for example, the maidenhair subspecies is stop-shaped, which can be recognized by yellow-green leaves arranged in a tier.

There are also high varieties of fern, for example, an ostrich, which grows up to 1.5 m and attracts attention with graceful light green leaves, shaped like ostrich feathers, for which it got its name.

Snowdrop

These are early flowering bulbous plants belonging to undersized crops. Snowdrop bushes with elongated dark green leaves reach a height of only 15-20 cm.

The flowers of the culture are small, bell-shaped, painted in a greenish-white color scheme. They appear in early spring, and please the eye for only a few weeks.

It is necessary to plant snowdrops in soil rich in microelements and flavored with humus in shaded areas.

Despite the fact that the ideal place for the location of this culture is partial shade, it is able to survive and not lose its decorative effect even with an acute shortage of sunlight.

It's beautiful lush bushes with grassy-green foliage, which changes color to golden or crimson in autumn, giving the plantations a special charm. The flowers of the culture are double, collected in lush inflorescences, and the petals have a different color, from light pink to dark purple.

This is a low-growing perennial that exudes a stunning dense aroma during flowering. Depending on the species, the bushes can reach a height of 10 to 20 cm, and the petals are painted in white, yellow, blue, pink, lilac or purple.

Some types of violets bloom in May, and this period does not last long, and some varieties are able to please the eye throughout the summer, and bloom only in September.

It is necessary to plant violets in the shade or partial shade and water abundantly in drought. In addition, the plant should be protected from the attacks of slugs, and dried inflorescences should be removed in a timely manner in order to prolong the flowering period.

This culture can be annual and perennial. The former reach a height of 20 to 50 cm, while the latter grow up to 50-80 cm. The flowers are bell-shaped and collected in inflorescences, the diameter of which reaches 10 cm. The petals are rounded or pointed, depending on the variety, and the colors can be very diverse .

The plant loves partial shade and blooms profusely in the second half of summer. To preserve the decorative effect of phloxes, they need to be moderately watered, mulch the soil in the spring, and at the end of autumn, cut the bushes to the root.

This border perennial up to 50 cm high is grown for its luxurious foliage, which has a bluish-green tint with longitudinal stripes of white or yellow.

Hosta blooms from June to August, and feels best in partial shade under the trees. The flowers of the plant are similar to bells and are collected in paniculate inflorescences.

Before boarding hostas in open ground it will be necessary to drain the soil well and add organic matter, and during the period of active growth, protect plantings from slugs.

Read about at different times of the year.

Before giving preference to one or another type of plant, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the recommendations for its planting and subsequent care.

Shade or partial shade: how to determine the degree of shading of the site

Many gardeners, especially beginners, have difficulty figuring out how shaded a plot is. This can be done by observing how the area is illuminated by rays during the period summer solstice on June 21st and 22nd.

Penumbral areas are areas illuminated by the sun during one of the following time periods:

• from sunrise to 11:00 hours;
• from 8:00 to 12:00 hours;
• no more than 2 hours 30 minutes between 10:00 and 14:00;
• from 12:00 to 18:00;
• from 13:00 to sunset.

Before choosing flowers, you should determine the degree of shading of the site.

Shadow areas are considered to be areas on which the sun's rays "look" in one of these periods:

• from sunrise to 8:00 am;
• from 8:00 to 10:00 am;
• no more than 1 hour between 11:00 and 12:00;
• from 11:00 to 16:00;
• from 15:00 to sunset.

And it should also be remembered that plants are able to use not only direct or diffused, but also sunlight reflected from buildings and the soil surface. To "brighten" areas, fences and walls of buildings are painted in White color, and the paths are covered with light materials.

Based on this information, it will not be difficult for the gardener to choose correct plot for a particular type of plantings and arrange beautiful flower bed by growing healthy, viable flowers.

In the video, the gardener talks about shade-loving flowers that you can grow in your country house.