Shady spots in a garden are often considered a problem, but this need not be the case so long as suitable plants are chosen for these areas. Just think of the number of wildflowers you find growing in woodland and you will see that there are plenty of plants that thrive in these conditions. This list of ten easy-to-grow perennials are described in an article which I found on the Longfield Gardens website.
In shady gardens, foliage colors, shapes and textures are just as important as flowers. When the light is soft and the air is cool, these more subtle design elements are easier to see and appreciate.
There’s another advantage to considering foliage as well as flowers. In most cases you get a garden that looks as good in September as does in May.
Not all plants thrive in shade and some plants will take more shade than others. Generally, most shade-tolerant plants need only 4 to 6 hours of sunlight each day. Ideally, they should be protected from hot, midday sun. Morning or afternoon sun is best, or the dappled light beneath shade trees. Alchemilla
The pleated leaves of Alchemilla, better known as Lady’s mantle, are lime green with a fuzzy surface. When the leaves are wet, water beads up into dazzling jewels. Alchemilla blooms in early summer. Its long-lasting flowers have a lacy texture and their yellow-green color is an excellent filler for bouquets. This low-growing, long-lived perennial is ideal for the front of a border or along a path. Dicentra
Bleeding heart is a long-lived, trouble-free plant with fernlike foliage and dangling, heart-shaped flowers that may be white, pink or red. Dicentra spectablis (old-fashioned bleeding heart) grows three feet tall and wide. After it flowers, the foliage dies back until the following spring. All other types of Dicentra are shorter, flower in summer, and retain their foliage throughout the season.
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49 thoughts on “TOP TEN EASY-TO-GROW SHADE LOVING PERENNIALS”
I absolutely am put off by these articles that tease you into believing they will really list what they say they will. Only to discover you are routed to a website. This makes me not want to explore more. Be honest. Produce what you are offering. You can’t do that? Then how can I trust your plants and information is reliable. I hope you can see my point. Please don’t do this anymore, honest advertising is good advertising. Trickery is not.
I devided two pink astilbe into 10 plants yesterday and replanted, love free plants!!!!! Easy Pease just handle gently after you wash all the soil off roots they pull apart quite easily.
Deana Bilyeu
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Holly Nichols
Tiffany Hinkle
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Holly Nichols
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Awhhh thank you!! We are going to buy some today
Donna Narron Narron
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Soooo beautiful!!!
Tilli Harrell
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LanisandTeri Lewis
Mary Long
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Marie Osborn Jones, here’s a few for you to consider for your N. side garage “blank spot”.
Marie Osborn Jones
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I love these, especially the pink flowering one.
Mary Long
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This is the color I have, mixed in with my ferns.
Marie Osborn Jones
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So pretty.
Georgia Banks Richart
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Love my purple lilacs and they are re-bloomers and bloom twice a year
Susan E Nowell
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Thanks
Lois Veres
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Gorgeous!
Penny Mack
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Erin Mack Sharon Day Johnson
Anonymous
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So . . . what is the plant shown in the picture above? Went to the site & article didn’t give info for the one shown!
Brenda Franklin
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It is astilbe. Shade loving, needs about an inch of water a week. Well drained soil.
Barbara Lamont Schilling
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Astilbe one of my favorites
Anonymous
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Thanks! We had a starter from a friend & they just called it Angel Bush! Starter didn’t make it so now I know what to look for!
Shani Mae
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Jess Swanson
Mattie Gannon
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Love.
Cathy Claramunt
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Have pink & light green astilbe, just love them.
Danita Huber
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I have all but one.
Dixie Camren
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A silva. Beautiful. I have some.
Dixie Camren
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Proof readers mess up
Sue Bientz Davidson
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I love Astilbe! And I appreciate their self-sowing tendency, too! & they get no direct sunlight!
Julie Rae Hammontree
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Luke Riley Skilbred, these are nice
Deb Andras
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Catherine Grisafi
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Very Easy to grow and always very pretty!!
Vee Moczygemba Collins
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This is the one Jason Kutac.
Jason Kutac
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I just planted some of these! Keep your fingers crossed…
Tama Kelly
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Love Astilbe..
Alma Ruth Hilburn
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I am thankful for all the flowers God gave us.
Camille Grant
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I am thankful for Life Praise Jesus Amen
Phyllis Jones
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Danielle LeAnne Jones. You might check this out for your question you asked yesterday about plants and shrubs you don’t need to redo every year
Joan Koontz
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beautiful astible.
Michelle Manist Wilson
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Shirl Powell
Marilee Lowman
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I absolutely am put off by these articles that tease you into believing they will really list what they say they will. Only to discover you are routed to a website. This makes me not want to explore more. Be honest. Produce what you are offering. You can’t do that? Then how can I trust your plants and information is reliable. I hope you can see my point. Please don’t do this anymore, honest advertising is good advertising. Trickery is not.
Christian Lewis
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Well said, I couldn’t agree more!!
LaDonna Bird
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astilbe is gorgeous
LaDonna Bird
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i don’t even bother to click thru anymore
Doris McCafferty
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A huge favorite … they also come in white – very beautiful
Shirley Miller
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Do you have Astilbe plants, Carol?
Oeun Yanh
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So pretty
Sharon Parcel
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Pretty
Lee Bergemann
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What zone ? I live in 3…
Karen Preston
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Kimberly West Lopez
Corazon Gonzalez
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Pretty
Sandra Jennings
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Katie Musgrave
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I devided two pink astilbe into 10 plants yesterday and replanted, love free plants!!!!! Easy Pease just handle gently after you wash all the soil off roots they pull apart quite easily.
Lois Raikes Tatum
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B. Grant, this what I have?