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

We are used to the idea that plants need plenty of light for normal growth. But what to do if your garden is in the shade? This often happens due to improper site zoning. Experts from Derevo Park have compiled a list of ten plants that thrive in such conditions.

All varieties of Rhododendron

These evergreen plants will love the dappled 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 varieties of fir

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

Barberry in varieties and species

Nature has blessed 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 nearly black at the same time.

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Ferns

There are many varieties of these plants. For example, sensitive fern — a member of tropical ferns — thrives well in our region. Its leaves are up to 1 meter long and pink in spring, turning light green in early summer.

Another fern variety is brown osmund — its leaves turn bright brown in autumn.

All types of lungwort

Including medicinal lungwort. In May, these low-maintenance plants delight with bright purple flowers and then form a dense carpet under forest trees.

Mezereon

An ideal plant for shaded gardens. When mezereon grows, it forms dense thickets, and its fragrance will not leave you indifferent.

Wood anemone

Looks similar to 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 carpet. Perfect for partial shade.

European Bleeding Heart

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

Forest Stonecrop

The name itself speaks volumes about the preferences of this plant. Forest stonecrop spreads through short underground stems — stolons — on which new rosettes form. The plant has small white-pink flowers. Perfect for shaded areas.