How To Design A Small Shade Garden
Bridge the gap by using tall planters or architectural features such as pillars or grow shade tolerant trees and shrubs to provide your garden with a variety of heights.
How to design a small shade garden. Reliable shade plants like astilbe hostas and crocus fill this gorgeous garden bed. Keep them from seeming out of place by growing plants over the top of them and in the crevices. Use rocks of different sizes to create a retaining wall like the one above which would be particularly effective for a hillside shade garden.
The objects the design firm worked with include a 6 foot high buddha a 1 500 pound stone urn and a prayer bell. Many shade gardens feature relatively low perennials such as hosta bleeding heart and astilbe underneath a canopy of tall trees. Balance the tall lush branches of your favorite shade tree with a full garden under the canopy.
Small space shade garden plan. Fill an area beneath a shade tree with this charming garden. Or stack small flagstones to create a raised bed.