Flowers and ornamental shrubs for shady garden
In the shaded area it is possible to make a real flower garden. Grows well and blooms in such conditions astilba. Fluffy, airy flowers all shades of pink, salmon, red and white colors are very decorate the garden, they feel great even in those places where the sun very rarely peeks.
In the spring and early summer will enjoy the blooming primroses, tulips, daffodils, bergenia, dicentra, Aquilegia (Columbine). Grows well in shade botulinic, its yellow candle like light into the darkest corners of the garden.
Will delight with its flowering beauty hydrangea, for good growth it is enough only a few hours of sunshine. This shade plant is also quite undemanding. Watering, hoeing and fertilizing a few — everything you need hydrangeas for development.
If around hydrangeas to dig into the ground rusty nails and occasionally water the plant with copper sulfate, flowers turn to blue.
Very decorative in the shade — Hosta, perennial flowers are inconspicuous, but its fleshy leaves is spectacular. The host can be planted in tree trunks, on the banks of the reservoirs. She is very beautiful and in the flower bed in combination with many colors.
Ferns give the garden of lightness and mystery. Huge leaves drapery decorative throughout the season. In the summer they are rich green and in autumn the leaves turn a beautiful pinkish-red hue.
Shade tolerant shrubs - dogwood, Euonymus, bloodroot. Handsome ash-leaved maple, its silvery-grey leaves with a marble figure - a real decoration of the garden. On the shady side of the house and the fence will be fine to grow and conifers: junipers, spruce, arborvitae.
Close to walls and fences can be planted and raspberries that will delight their owners with the fragrant berries. Do not need bright light and rose hips, blackberries, gooseberries.
The lawn in the shady garden
Indeed, a good pitch is obtained only in the Sunny areas, but in the shade where grass does not grow, it is possible to make a green lawn. There is a special blend of herbs for use in shaded areas. The ground for this lawn serves as usual, the grass sown in may and harvested as needed.
However, the best plant that produces a great lawn in the shade, Ajuga. It will quickly fill all available space, forming a dense cover, and will delight inconspicuous flowers. This lawn is ideal for busy people as it can and not to cut.
