Shaded Color

Perennial gardening is a hobby many people enjoy, but the question of what to do with those shady areas always comes up. So many perennial flowering plants require full sun, and you may think that you’re stuck with only boring-looking plants to fill in those shady spots of your garden. That’s not true at all; striking perennial gardens can be grown in full shade. Palace Purple Coral Bells grow in full shade and have beautiful dark purple to burgundy colored foliage. They make a tall spike with tiny coral colored bell shaped flowers when they bloom.

Hostas are another shade loving plant. There are many variations of Hosta to choose from, some having a lime green color. Some have two shades of green in the leaves and others are solid green.  Hosta also make a spike when they bloom, but their flowers are a pale purple color. Mrs. Moon Lungwort is also a full shade plant which displays tiny purple flowers when it blooms. Lungwort needs to have full shade; filtered light won’t do for this plant. A Bleeding Heart, a plant that can be put in filtered light or full shade, will also do well in full to part shade. It likes both areas. The blooms on a Bleeding Heart look just like the plant’s name, and you can find them in white or pink.

Like any type of plant, shade plants are no different when it comes to the climate zone. Be sure to take a look at the care card that comes with each plant. If you don’t grow plants that are suited for your zone, you’ll have a much harder time getting them to survive the winter months.