How To Design A Partial Shade Garden

Deep shade under a dense evergreen tree canopy with less than two hours of sun.

How to design a partial shade garden. The design features easy care summer blooming perennials such as daylilies phlox and hostas. Beautiful foliage like bronzy or caramel coral bells and puckered variegated solomon s seal and blue hosta make the need for flowers incidental. This garden plan for partial shade uses a mix of these types of plants that can brighten areas under trees and along paths with their colorful flowers and foliage.

Thankfully there s been an explosion of shade perennials on the market and your shade garden can be as colorful and varied as any full sun border. The spruce marie iannotti shade gardening used to be considered a challenge. Plan to add structures such as trellises or posts that give the vines a place to grow.

It s no surprise that shade gardens tend to be a bit dark. Choose plants that grow in partial sun shade to transition from one zone to another. Lighten the space with flowering shade lovers a colorful container or statuary.

By selecting the right shade loving plants you can create pretty vignettes in even the darkest corners of a shady garden. Moderate shade with two to three hours of midsummer sunlight.