Pale and brightly colored flowers work beautifully to light up the shadows, so as well as lush foliage plants try to add more flowering plants where you can.
Find more low maintenance garden ideas in our guide. Polygonatum, Solomon’s Seal is pretty in a shady border with its arching clusters of tubular white flowers. Astilbe add colour and texture with their plumes of flowers and some also have showy foliage. Erythronium form carpets planted in drifts in woodland areas in moist, rich, well-drained soil. They feature large leaves that provide foliage and texture for much of the year. Rodgersia are perennials that grow in damp areas. Tiarella bloom with cones of cream and pink flowers in late spring and summer. Bergenias are hardy perennials with leathery leaves that turns a burgundy tone in autumn and winter, as well as forming a dense groundcover for suppressing weeds. These are good perennial varieties to consider: This not only makes shade gardens more established over time, but it reduces maintenance of annual replanting, and saves you money in the long run. The benefit of perennials is that they will keep coming back year after year. Read more about our favorite shade plants in our guide. Alchemilla with its large leaves, beads of sparkling water droplets and trouble-free nature is ideal for edging shady borders. Brunnera macrophylla has heart-shaped leaves, forget-me-not like flowers and is great for mixing with other shade tolerant choices in woodland garden borders. Euphorbia amygdaloides is an evergreen perennial that features sprays of yellow-green flowers from spring to early summer. 
It produces wands of grape-like purple flowers in autumn. Liriope is an evergreen perennial with grassy leaves that provide excellent groundcover.Ferns offer hardy choices for both dry and moist shade areas.Hostas will spread and are grown for their decorative large leaves that are green, grey or variegated – just watch out for snails.
Good shade garden ideas for focal foliage include: Include some evergreen fillers with gleaming foliage for a year-round lustre, combine different forms and heights, and then infill with more ephemeral highlights.Ĭonsider making a focal point of plants with glossy reflective leaves or foliage and flowers that give the impression of light, such as gold, silver or variegated leaves and luminous white or pale flowers. So experiment with lush foliage textures, layering up different leaf types, and also investigate evergreen plants for shade that will look good year round.Īs the shade gets darker your choices lessen to a limited selection of extremely tolerant plants, such as ivy, ferns and liriope. Some plants may flower less in shade gardens, but often have larger leaves to enable photosynthesis.
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