Bring color, flowers and interest to even the darkest corners of your backyard all through the year by choosing the right shrubs for a shady garden
However, its fresh, yellow-green flowers stand out in the stark late winter landscape. .‘Okame’ cherry, Prunus x incam‘Okame’, viewed here from an upstairs window, provides shade for our deck and is the earliest blooming cherry with very long-lasting flowers. .Under the ‘Okame’ ...
Flowering Shrubs Evergreen Shrubs Shrubs By Growth Habit Pink
does not mean they have to be drab. Shade shrubs can flourish in low and indirect light while producing colorful, alluring flowers season after season. Beautiful plants like Hydrangea and Laurel typify this category. Use these many-stemmed plants to bring structure to your garden and add vibrant...
Whether you are looking for foundation shrubs, bushes to plant in your front yard or plants to use for a hedge, this list of evergreen shrubs for shade will give you some inspiration. Between their foliage that stays green all year round and the beautiful flowers, they’re a great alternat...
This diverse group of small to large shrubs and small scale trees provide spring flowers, fruit for the birds and in many cases fall color. The same goes for the viburnum. The four-season interest and shade tolerance make this a must-have plant for the shade gardener. A bit more ...
Abelia is the perfect choice for gardeners who want an easy-care, somewhat shade-tolerant plant that provides late-season fragrance. From summer through fall, it produces a profusion of rose-tinged white flowers on graceful, arching branches. The trumpet-shaped blooms have a jasmine-like scent ...
Know the location you are planting in and choose accordingly. Shrubs labeled full sun need at least 6 hours of direct sunlight each day, those labeled part shade should get 4 to 6 hours, and ones labeled full shade should only receive a few hours of morning sun. Don’t cheat flowering ...
They are used as screens, backgrounds and accents. Trees are used for shade and for fruit. Flowering shrubs provide long lasting, beautiful blooms which brighten even the gloomiest of days. Because the cultural needs, size, and structure can vary so greatly, even within different varieties of ...
Virginia Sweetspire is a native shrub with long fragrant white flowers (that pollinators love!) and gorgeous autumn foliage in the fall. It is easy to grow in pretty much any garden conditions – dry, wet, poor soil, shade or sun. Look for the dwarf variety ‘Little Henry’ if you wan...