What to Plant in the Shade of the Garden? 10 Garden Plants and Tips

We are used to the idea that plants need a lot of light for normal growth. But what to do if the garden is shaded? This happens due to improper site zoning. Experts from Derevo Park have compiled a list of ten plants that are not afraid of such conditions.

All varieties of Rhododendron

These evergreen plants will love the partial shade of a forest edge. In nature, they grow on moist forest soils — an excellent habitat for fungi that help rhododendrons absorb nutrients. By the way, direct sunlight can burn tender young leaves.

All fir varieties

For example, Inversa, Nidiformis, Akrocona will decorate any composition.

Barberry in varieties and species

Nature has endowed barberry with light foliage and an elegant trunk. This attractive plant will decorate your garden throughout all seasons.

Common snowberry

This plant has velvety round leaves, white flower clusters, and fruits that ripen unevenly and can be green, red, or almost black at the same time.

How to Properly Zone the Plot?

Experts explain how to properly place the house and pavilion so that the garden is not shaded.

Ferns

There are many varieties of these plants. For example, sensitive onoclea — a representative of tropical ferns — thrives in our region. Its leaves, up to 1 meter long, are pink in spring and light green at the beginning of summer.

Another fern species is brown osmund, whose leaves turn bright brown in autumn.

All varieties of hepatica

Including medicinal hepatica. In May, these low-maintenance plants delight with bright purple flowers and then form a dense cover in the shade of forest trees.

May lily of the valley

An ideal plant for shaded gardens. When lily of the valley grows, it forms dense thickets, and its scent will definitely not leave you indifferent.

Multi-flowered bellflower

Looks like lily of the valley but has a completely different character. Long curved stems in June are covered with elongated white bells. The plant forms a dense forest cover. Perfect for partial shade.

European bleeding heart

It is distinguished by small height and low maintenance. Leaves in the shape of a hoof winter under snow, then gradually change to young ones.

Dark shade stonecrop

The name already speaks about the preferences of this plant. Stonecrop spreads via short surface stems — stolons, on which new rosettes form. The plant has small white-pink flowers. Perfect for shaded places.