A rich, varied garden is the pride of any owner! But when the garden grows, the grower is faced with the problem of what to plant in the shade of the trees. And buildings can significantly shade the site. Over time, almost every summer resident has a question, what plants can be planted in the shade? And there are not so few design options for shady corners.

What to plant in the shade - a list of shade-tolerant perennials

It is difficult to imagine a house adjoining or country cottage area, after all, having free territory, how can you deny yourself the pleasure of growing fruits and berries rich in vitamins. Along with the growth and development of trees, there are fewer and fewer sunny and bright areas in the yard.

In addition to fruit and berry crops, shade is created by ornamental shrubs planted to decorate the territory, unexpectedly large trees with a lush crown that grow wild behind a fence or near neighbors, as well as walls of buildings and blank fences.

It's time to remember that there is a large category of perennial shade-tolerant and shade-loving plants that grow well not only in partial shade, but also in full shade. So why not decorate empty and boring shady areas with luxurious flower beds, cute lawns, or create a relaxation area with pleasant landscaping in shady coolness?

Determine the degree of shade of the area, assess the difficulties

First, you need to assess the degree of shading of the area, pay attention to soil moisture, and also consider what difficulties may arise when planting plants, for example, drafts and tree roots located at the surface.

1. The combination of building walls and tall fences, dense plantations of trees and shrubs create significant shadow... These are really dark areas, where daylight hardly makes its way during the day, not to mention the sun's rays.
2. Crowns of mature trees and shrubs, light hedges give diffused shadow... Such areas are partially illuminated during the day.

What problems can arise when decorating shady areas of the garden

Critical shadow

Often on the plots there are places that represent a kind of blind corner, for example, on one side there is a wall of a building, on the other there is a blank fence, and from above it is shaded by tree branches. Such a site can hardly be decorated with plants, but equipping it as a place to relax is easy! Paved or mulched area, table, bench or lounger in such a place is quite good idea for relaxing in the summer heat.

Tree roots located at the soil surface

It is almost impossible to dig up such a place. Covering with a layer of earth is not a good idea, the roots will sprout on new level, and if the embankment is too bulky, trees may die due to oxygen deficiency. Therefore, in such a place, flower beds should be abandoned; it is better to decorate the site with ground cover plants and containers with flowers.

Low tree branches

Of course, there can be no talk of a flower garden if the branches are located at a distance of half a meter from the surface of the earth. When there is no opportunity or desire to remove the lower branches, but you want to decorate the place, then this can be done with the help of mulch, which will give two advantages - a neat, well-groomed appearance, as well as the absence of weeds. The mulch layer should be no more than 5-10 cm, otherwise trees can be harmed.

Features of arranging a shady garden

Considering that perennials are best suited for decorating a shady area, it is worth approaching the choice of plants with special responsibility, and it is better to plan a flower garden - draw examples of successful flower beds, dream up and imagine how they will look in the future.

When choosing a place for plants in a shady garden, be sure to remember that they are divided into two types - shade-tolerant and shade-loving, some require almost no sunlight, while others need it at least partially. For a significant shade, especially unpretentious species should be selected. Plants are found drought-resistant and moisture-loving, dry shade is suitable for the first, and places with well-moistened soil are the second.

It is advisable to immediately determine the location of paths, garden fences, figurines and other decorative elements for the garden, as well as make sure that the planted flower beds are not damaged during the harvest. Think carefully about their location and provide for the opportunity to approach the tree, install a ladder.

Perennial plants for a shady garden

So, you have carried out a small diagnostics of the site and studied some of its features from the point of view of the convenience of caring for the garden. Now let's figure out what kind of plants can be planted in the shade.

• Aquilegia. It blooms extremely rarely in significant shade; partial shade with well-moistened soil is more suitable.
  
• Aconite. Loves a humid environment and tolerates shade well, but it is better not to plant under the dense crown of trees.
• Astilba. Shade-tolerant, moisture-loving plant, however, good, dense flowering can only be expected when ingested sunlight.
  
• Badan. In conditions of significant shade, it grows abundantly, but blooms poorly, loves moisture.
  
• Periwinkle. A ground cover plant with silvery foliage and blue flowers will perfectly decorate a shady garden with an incredibly beautiful carpet under the crowns of trees.
• Brunner. An absolutely unpretentious plant with wide foliage, the flowers look like forget-me-nots.
  
• Buzulnik. Unpretentious and incredibly beautiful with its large leaves.
• Loose loaf An early flowering groundcover that adapts well in shade from trees.
  
• Volzhanka. Unpretentious, large and flowering plant. There are miniature species (~ 25 cm).
  
• Heicher. He does not like drafts and full shade, he needs sunlight for at least two hours a day. In waterlogged soil, the plant will die.
  
• Garden geranium... A beautiful perennial, grows well in dense shade, but it is better to plant in partial shade, loves moisture.
  
• Dicenter. All varieties grow well in partial shade and shade, hygrophilous.
• Elecampane. Unpretentious plant.
• Doronicum. In early spring while the buds on the fruit trees have not yet blossomed will delight you with pleasant flowers.
  
• Darmera is thyroid. Unpretentious ornamental deciduous plant.
• Tenacious. Suitable for dry partial shade and shade.
  
• Bell. Medium and tall varieties are suitable for a shady garden.
• Bather (European, yellow, Siberian and orange). Yellow is the most shade-tolerant and moisture-demanding.
• Kupena. Unpretentious tall plant.
  
• Lily of the valley. Grows well even in full shade.
• Wild strawberry. Loves wet shade and partial shade.
  
• Day-lily. For shade, you can choose an early-flowering yellow variety and a late-flowering orange. In partial shade it will bloom well, and in a large bush it will be too thin.
  
• Lupine. Can be planted in partial shade.
• Lungwort. It tolerates any shade well, loves moisture.
  
• Hellebore. Just like the previous plant, it blooms in early spring, so it can be planted under fruit trees.
  
• Peppermint. Grows well in diffused shade, grows strongly.
• Sedum escaping. Grows quickly and feels great in partial shade.
• Fern. Any kind perfectly tolerates any shade, loves moisture. This is exactly what you can safely plant in the shade behind the house.
  
• Liverwort. An early flowering plant, tolerates shade well from trees.
  
• Ivy. All varieties are completely unpretentious.
  
• Primroses. Almost all varieties and species grow well in partial shade conditions. It blooms in spring, so it can be planted under tree crowns. Often, primroses are planted in full shade, but they will bloom badly in such conditions.
  
• Rogers is horse chestnut. A gorgeous, unpretentious plant with large foliage and beautiful flowering.
  
• Cyanosis. An unpretentious plant, which is often unjustifiably neglected by gardeners.
• Runny ordinary. For shady areas, green and variegated are suitable.
  
• Spiraea. Shade-tolerant herbaceous perennial, it can be planted in the background of flower beds.
  
• Tiarella. The plant can be planted in a deep shade, drought-resistant.
  
• Fragrant violet. It is better to choose a white-flowered variety, a violet with blue flower quickly turns into a weed, the plant tolerates any shade well.
  
• Host. Almost all varieties grow well in any shade, except for species with white and yellow stripes on the foliage - they need at least partial sunlight. Loves moisture.
  
• Speckled lamb. A low and unpretentious flowering plant.

In the shade, daffodils and small-bulbous plants, such as crocuses, blueberry, snowdrop, spring white flower, chionodoxa and others, grow well - they have time to bloom before the buds bloom fruit trees.

Design options for shady areas

Flower beds

Taking into account the variety of plants in size, height, flowering period and decorative value, making flower beds becomes enjoyable, creative pursuit with a lot different options... You can make a combined composition, where the plants will bloom one after another, or make a flower garden, in which the main ones will not be flowering varieties, but with beautiful and multi-colored foliage. Imagine!

Flower beds can be decorated, edged with small mounds of small pebbles, colored chips, mulch or decorative low fences, and sowed around lawn grass and pave the paths.

Rock garden

Why not? Stones can be placed among flower beds, used as edging, or large specimens can be installed in different parts garden, decorate them with smaller pebbles, and so that they do not look boring, you can plant unobtrusive perennials or ferns nearby.

Rest area and decor elements

It is not at all necessary to equip a place for leisure in a shady garden with complex structures, a small table with a bench, a hammock or a simple small bench by the flower bed will be enough. Garden figures and paths will be useful different types, flowers in pots, etc. The main thing is that the territory allows.

Trunk circles decoration

It is possible to decorate the near-trunk area under three conditions - the tree must be an adult and without superficial roots, plants should not be planted too close to the tree trunk. For large trees with a lush crown and low-lying branches, it is necessary to select drought-resistant plants or plant early flowering species.

Well, some shade-tolerant vegetables and herbs can be attached to the garden. For example, we often plant tomatoes to protect apples and pears from the moth. There are quite a few plants that can protect fruit trees from pests, for example, nasturtium will protect apples and cherries from apple sucker and blood aphids, and chamomile and marigolds protect from aphids and nematodes. Lilies of the valley are a prophylaxis against coccomycosis in stone fruit crops.

We study such properties of plants in practice and describe them on the pages of our website "ECO garden for everyone", because it is so cool to use natural phytoncides for plant protection without resorting to chemistry.

There are many design options for near-trunk flower beds, they can be ordinary and multi-level, asymmetry and flower beds in the shape of a semicircle are welcome, especially if trees grow along the wall.

A deserted area in the shade can be turned into a fabulous, incredibly beautiful place. Use these tips and you will not have any questions about what to plant in the shade on your site.

Which ornamental shrubs are suitable for shady gardens? - For shaded areas of the garden, choose shade-tolerant or shade-loving shrubs.

These beautifully flowering and deciduous garden shrubs tolerate a lack of open sunlight well. They are unpretentious, can grow and bloom in partial shade conditions. They are suitable for growing in the shade of trees, in the shade of a house, they can be used to decorate garden and outbuildings.

Jasmine (chubushnik). Photo: Emőke Dénes.

Shade-tolerant beautiful flowering shrubs

Wisteria (Wisteria Nutt.) Very decorative, beautifully blooming liana up to 18 meters high. Wisteria is a subtropical plant native to China. In Russia, wisteria is cultivated on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. Wisteria blooms profusely in spring, from the end of March. The flowers are white, pink, purple, collected in large drooping clusters up to 30 cm long. They have a pleasant aroma. In decorative gardening, wisteria is widely used to decorate arches, pergolas, walls of houses. Remember the famous Japanese Bridge entwined with wisteria in Claude Monet's garden in Giverny.
Dogwood (Cornus L.) A genus of trees and shrubs, ornamental all year round thanks to its beautiful flowers, dense foliage, bright fruits and beautifully colored shoots. Cornel ordinary (Cornus mas L.) (pictured on the right) blooms in April before foliage appears. The flowers are golden yellow, collected in umbellate inflorescences. The fruits ripen in late summer - autumn. Dogwood is winter-hardy, tolerates drought well. In ornamental horticulture, dogwood is used in single plantings, in groups and for creating hedges.
Lilac (Syringa L.) Beautifully flowering shrub up to 5 meters high. Hardy, unpretentious, frost-resistant, drought-resistant. Grows well in urban environments. Blooms profusely from late May for 20 days. The flowers are collected in inflorescences 10-20 cm long. The color of the flowers is from white to purple. Has a pleasant aroma. Loves sunlight, but tolerates partial shade well. With a lack of lighting, it blooms worse. In ornamental gardening, about 10 types of lilacs and hundreds of varieties are used.
Weigela (Weigela Thunb.) Shade-tolerant ornamental shrub 70-80 cm high. It blooms profusely in late May. The flowers are pink or purple, bell-shaped in shape. In ornamental gardening, weigela is used in single plantings, in groups and for creating hedges. Grows well under the crown of trees. In the photo on the right: flowering weigela ( Weigela florida(Bunge) A.DC.)
Action (Deutzia Thunb.) Shade-tolerant beautifully flowering ornamental shrub up to 2 meters high. It blooms for a long time and profusely from late spring - early summer. The flowers are white, pink, purple-purple. Terry varieties of action have been bred. Action flowers have no scent. In ornamental horticulture, action is used in single plantings and in groups.
Elder * (Sambucus L.) Unpretentious shrubs with a height of 1.5 - 5 meters. Decorative at the stage of flowering and fruiting. In ornamental gardening, 2 types are most common: Elderberry black (Sambucus nigra L.) The flowers are small, white-yellow, collected in large inflorescences up to 25 cm in diameter. It blooms in May-June. The fruits ripen at the end of summer. The flowers are used for medicinal purposes.
Elderberry red (Sambucus racemosa L.) The flowers are small, collected in paniculate inflorescences up to 20 cm in size. It blooms in May-June. The fruits ripen from the end of July.
Viburnum (Viburnum L.) A genus of unpretentious shrubs, there are more than 150 species. Viburnum is frost-hardy, shade-tolerant, not demanding on soil, resistant to atmospheric pollution. Blooms profusely for 2-3 weeks in late May - early June. The flowers are white, collected in panicles with a diameter of 5 - 8 cm. Honey plant. In ornamental gardening, viburnum is used in single plantings, in groups and for creating hedges. Viburnum is decorative at the stage of flowering, fruiting, has beautiful foliage. Many beautifully flowering decorative varieties of viburnum have been bred, for example Buldenezh.
Chubushnik or jasmine (Philadelphus L.) A beautifully flowering shrub up to 3.5 meters high with large white flowers with a diameter of 2.5 - 7 cm. It has a pleasant aroma. Blooms in June-July. Blooms profusely for a month. Unpretentious, winter-hardy. It tolerates partial shade well. In the photo, the "Beauclerk" variety of mock-mushrooms.
Spirea (Spiraea L.) Shrubs up to 2.5 meters high. There are spring-flowering, summer-flowering and late-flowering types of spirea. Abundant flowering. Flowers from white (spring-flowering species) to purple (late-flowering species). Honey plant. Spireas are widely used in ornamental gardening to create hedges.
Hydrangea* (Hydrangea L.) Very beautiful flowering shrubs and small trees up to 3 meters high. Bloom profusely and continuously throughout the summer. The flowers are white, pink, blue, lilac, collected in large spherical inflorescences. Hydrangeas are used in group landings... Hydrangeas are often grown in containers or tubs that can be moved around the garden. Large caps of hydrangea flowers are popular in floristry. They make up bouquets of flowers and floristic compositions. Large hydrangea inflorescences retain their decorative effect for a long time in dry bouquets.
Honeysuckle (Lonicera L.) Unpretentious decorative beautifully flowering shrub up to 3 meters high. Blooms in early summer. Flowers have a variety of colors - from white to dark red. Fruits are bright red or orange, inedible in most species. Honeysuckle is decorative at the stage of flowering and fruiting. Good honey plant. Suitable for growing in the shade tartar honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica L.), alpine honeysuckle (Lonicera alpigena L.) and edible honeysuckle (Lonicera edulis Turcz.). In the photo on the right: Tatar honeysuckle.
Kerria Japanese (Kerria japonica DC.) Ornamental shrub up to 2 meters high. It has thin and long shoots. Blooms profusely and continuously in spring - early summer. The flowers are bright yellow. It has many varieties, including double flowers. It tolerates partial shade well, but on open place blooms better.
Bubble plant (Opulaster opulifolius(L.) Kuntze) Ornamental shrub up to 3 meters high. The flowers are white or pink, small, 6-8 mm in diameter, collected in corymbose panicles. Blooms from late May to July. Unpretentious, tolerates shade well. Numerous varieties of the viburnum bladder have been bred with different foliage colors from golden to purple, but the leaves are not brightly colored in the shade. Used to create tall hedges in single and group plantings.
Snowberry (Symphoricarpos Dill. ex Juss.) Unpretentious shade-tolerant shrub 1-2 meters high, not demanding on soil, winter-hardy, resistant to atmospheric pollution, tolerates shearing well. The snowberry blooms all summer, from May to September. The flowers are small, bell-shaped, white, pink-red. Honey plant. The snowberry has decorative fruits. Snow-white berries up to 1 cm in diameter stay on the bush all autumn and winter. The berries are inedible. The snowberry is used in group plantings and to create hedges.

Photo: Sakaori, Ximeg, Andrey Korzun, JoJan, Sebastian Wallroth, Meneerke bloem, Calimaq, Epibase, Neelix, Donar Reiskoffer, Juha Kallamäki, Père Igor, Wouter Hagens, Dinkum.

Shade-tolerant ornamental deciduous shrubs

Five-leaf maiden grape or wild grapes (Parthenocissus quinquefolia Planch.). Liana up to 30 meters high. Attached to the support with antennae. Used for vertical gardening. Unpretentious, frost-resistant. Suitable for growing on balconies and loggias. Especially decorative in autumn. From the end of summer, its leaves acquire a beautiful burgundy color.
Hazel or hazel (Corylus L.). Shrub up to 7 meters high. It blooms in early spring before the leaves appear. The fruits ripen at the end of summer. Unpretentious. Prefers to grow in shaded areas. In ornamental horticulture, it is used for landscaping in groups or single plantings. It is used for fixing the slopes of ravines and slopes, for planting in forest shelter belts.
Privet (Ligustrum L.) Unpretentious shrub 2-4 meters high. Used to create hedges. Resistant to pollution environment. In the photo: a formed privet hedge.
Juniper (Juniperus L.) Junipers are a genus of evergreen coniferous shrubs and trees. Used for decorative landings in gardens and parks as tapeworms and in groups. From junipers create hedges, they are planted in forest shelter belts. These plants are extremely useful as they purify the air well.
Boxwood* (Buxus L.) A genus of evergreen shrubs and trees. In ornamental gardening, boxwood has been known since ancient times. It is prized for its dense crown and beautiful shiny foliage. It also tolerates haircuts and keeps its shape. Hedges and topiary are created from boxwood.
Euonymus* (Euonymus L.) Deciduous shrubs or small trees up to 2 meters high. They are decorative at the fruiting stage, have bright red-orange fruits. Euonymus are especially prized for their autumn foliage coloration. Used to create hedges, fences and other outbuildings on garden plot. In shady areas of the garden, you can grow winged euonymus (Euonymus alatus(Thunb.) Siebold) and warty euonymus (Euonymus verrucosus Scop.). In the photo on the right: winged euonymus, summer and autumn foliage coloration.
Cross-pair microbiota (Microbiota decussata Kom.) Short evergreen coniferous shrub with creeping branches. Height 20-50 cm, while the size of the crown can reach 2-5 meters in diameter. Microbiota - endemic Of the Far East Russia, grows in nature on the Sikhote-Alin plateau. Listed in the Red Book of Russia. Winter hardiness. Grows well in the shade. In ornamental gardening, it is used not so long ago, while it is not widely used. The microbiota is grown in gardens and parks as an evergreen groundcover.
Barberry Thunberg (Berberis thunbergii DC.) Ornamental shrub up to 2.5 meters high. It is especially decorative in autumn due to its rich carmine-purple foliage and bright red fruits. Many varieties of Thunberg barberry have been bred with different colors of foliage, including variegated (i.e., with multi-colored leaves) varieties. It is used for creating hedges, planting in groups, decorating borders.

Photo: Sesamehoneytart, MPF, Holger Casselmann, Bengt Olof Aradson, Dinkum, Sue Sweeney, Berean Hunter, Crusier, Fanghong.

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* Poisonous plants... Care should be taken and safety measures in contact with them.

It often happens that in the shady side of the garden, under the crown of fruit trees, there is not enough animation, landscape texture or a spectacular fence. One of better solutions in this case, plant shade-loving shrubs there. Here are several types of such bushes.

1. Broad-leaved Kalmia or Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)

This beautiful green bush is beautiful with its delicate pink flowers and glossy evergreen leaves. The birthplace of the mountain laurel is wooded Eastern North American continent. Tall trees of impenetrable forests provide abundant shade, so this is a familiar environment for kalmias bushes. New ornamental plant varieties have been developed for use in the landscape. Their flowers and leaves are brighter in color than wild shrubs. A variety of mountain laurel is the narrow-leaved kalmiya. She has graceful oblong or lanceolate leaves, bright green at the top and bluish at the bottom. The plant blooms with cupped-funnel-shaped pink or white large flowers.

2. Japanese Kerria (Kerria Japonica)

The Japanese rose is a deciduous shrub that grows and blooms beautifully in shady areas of the garden. Her bright yellow flowers look like little roses. This plant is quite hardy and is often used by gardeners as a hedge. Since kerrias are classified as primroses, they will be one of the first to decorate your garden at the beginning of the garden season.

3. Stalked hydrangea (Anomala petiolaris)

Plant your own appearance rather strongly resembles a vine. It can bloom beautifully with delicate white flowers and in low light and in almost full shade. However, under the sun's rays, the shrub blooms more intensely. It is used for vertical gardening of the garden, for example, for decorating a gazebo, patio or decorating tree trunks, lamp posts with it.

4. Daphne Carol Maki or Daphne (Carol Mackie Daphne)

This shrub has interesting variegated leaves and simple white flowers that give off a wonderful aroma. If properly cared for, the bush will bloom profusely even in the shade. Interestingly, it blooms before the leaves ripen in March-April. The fruits of the bush are no less decorative - bright red drupes. They appear at the end of summer. But it is important to consider that the fruits, flowers, and leaves of daphne are poisonous. It tolerates frost well, but does not feel well in drought.

5. Euonymus

This decorative and beautiful bush, the leaves of which have two shades - emerald and golden. The more light hits the bush, the brighter its leaves sparkle with gold. If the bush is planted in the shade, its foliage will be more emerald green. This plant is of several types. One of them is the so-called "talking bush".

6. Holly or Holly (Ilex crena)

This evergreen shrub has shiny, dark green leaves that have jagged or spiky edges. The plant blooms in May-June with modest, white, four-petalled flowers. Holly looks more impressive with fruits - small, red drupe balls, which remain on the branches until frost. The bush grows slowly, but it can live up to 100 years.

7. Crenate holly (Ilex crenata)

Another wonderful representative of holly. In its homeland, it can form into a whole seven-meter tree, in our strip it looks much more modest - most often in the form of a bush resembling a pyramidal poplar in shape. Its abundant greenery resembles a boxwood crown. Prefers shady areas with well-damp soil. May die under the open sun.

8. Hemlock or Marsh Ledum (Ledum palustre)

This one is beautiful and does not require good lighting The shrub is classified as broadleaf. Its dense foliage allows it to be trimmed in various shapes. Hemlock is also great for decorating hedges. It grows up to 60 cm in height. True to its second name, the shrub loves to grow in swampy areas without much sun exposure. Blooms around early summer. It is widely used in folk medicine. For these purposes, it is necessary to pluck the shoots at the end of summer. But be prudent - the plant is poisonous (according to legend, it was this plant that killed Socrates).

9. Yew (Taxus)

Yew is poisonous bush, which is better not to use in the design of the personal plot if there are children and pets in the house walking around the yard. Yew trees are considered a Christmas bush and do not require a lot of light. They are distinguished by their bright, showy red berries.

10. Japanese pieris (Pieris japonica)

This is another evergreen graceful shrub that grows well in shady conditions. Its foliage is oval or lanceolate, shiny and green in adulthood. Young bushes are distinguished by copper-red, pink or white leaves. The flowers are similar to white bells, but sometimes other shades are found. It can delight you with flowering already in March-April, awakening your garden with wonderful aromas and delicate beauty.

The presence of shade-tolerant shrubs in the garden is important not only for decorative purposes. Such plants are perfect for arranging a recreation area in a shady corner. There are many types of these shrubs. You can easily pick up something from an extensive list to your taste.

What you need to know before planting shade-tolerant shrubs

There are many shade-loving plants in nature. They prefer to grow without hitting straight lines. sun rays... Shade-tolerant are a broader group. It also includes crops that adapt to the shade of large trees or buildings as needed. However, they still need about 5-6 hours of light.

Places around future shrubs can be taken and flowering plants... There are also many among them who love shade. For example, . It is beautiful, undemanding to care for and grows quickly.

In the absence of the sun, shade-tolerant shrubs need the correct soil composition. The homeland of these crops, as a rule, is the forest, so they need the appropriate land: with a neutral pH and good level fertility. Each species has its own nuances. An indicator that you have selected the right soil will be lush growth and full bloom.

Advice. It is best to grow those shrubs that are specific to your region. They are adapted to the climate and other natural features.

Other aspects of growing shade-tolerant shrubs:

1. They do not like cramped conditions. Observe the recommended distance for each type.
2. Use undersized species when strengthening and decorating embankments.
3. The shape, height, abundance of flowering of many shrubs is controlled by conventional pruning.

Fruit shrubs for the shady corners of the site

There is a small group of fruit and berry bushes that are capable of producing crops without intense lighting. With a lack of light, most varieties of raspberries and blackberries develop quite normally. This is due to the origin of cultures. V wildlife shrubs grow in dense thickets and damp ravines. Blackberries and raspberries adapt to deep partial shade, when the rays hit the branches for only a few hours a day.

Advice. Gooseberries and barberries cope well with the lack of illumination. They are often planted next to a raspberry tree. This is how you can create a berry corner in your shady garden.

Modern selection has brought out some shade-tolerant species among other fruit shrubs and trees. It is not difficult to choose from them. Check with local nurseries and garden shops for details, which varieties are prepared for planting in your area, which can grow in the shade, how tasty and productive they are. Beware of counterfeits. Only work with trusted sellers, experts and manufacturers.

Types of shade-tolerant shrubs for decorating a plot: names

The plants most adapted to the shade are distinguished by interesting external data:

• ... The culture familiar to the urban landscape has long been adapted to the high content of harmful gases in the air, frost and drought. She may well be able to transfer planting in the shade, unless the abundance of flowering will decrease somewhat. The description of lilac is widely known. It can reach a height of 5 m.
• Elder. The decorative varieties of this culture include black, red, and also Canadian. The bush is beautiful when it blooms and when it bears fruit (pictured). Elderberry, like lilac, is highly resistant to negative environmental factors, including a lack of light.

• ... Its dense branches are used as a material for a living fence. Gardeners use a similar planting in shaded areas. The privet is ready for such conditions. The bush has beautiful foliage. But it does not tolerate frost well enough.
• ordinary. For many years it has been successfully used by landscape designers to create hedges and in group green compositions. Cornelian cherry blossoms in spring, with yellow inflorescences. During this period, the shrub is especially fragrant. In autumn, in place of flowers, they form bright fruits. And in winter, dogwood or dogwood looks pretty attractive.
• Junipers. Very beautiful representatives of conifers. Fits well into most landscape solutions on the site. The bushes look elegant in the form single landing surrounded by flowers. Juniper doesn't care how much sun it grows.

Juniper

• Garden jasmine, or. Popular shade lover. It tolerates winters, is not capricious during care - it is shade-tolerant, unpretentious, winter-hardy. In summer, it is abundantly covered with flowers with a thick, strong aroma.

Other varieties of shade-tolerant shrubs

The range of plants suitable for planting in the shade is not limited to the listed species. Among other cultures:

• weigela;
• wisteria;
• forsythia;
• snowberry;
• rhododendron.

Weigela is another striking representative of shrubs that prefer shade. It blooms beautifully from the end of spring. Weigel planting is practiced to decorate the space near fences or as part of a hedge. She will also be able to grow under a large tree.

Wisteria is very beautiful during its lush bloom. This culture is used to decorate garden pergolas, arches, gazebos, and planted along walls or fences. Forsythia during the flowering period is covered with bright yellow inflorescences. It visually "warms" a dark place in the garden.

Attention! This shrub sheds its foliage before winter.

The snowberry is especially valuable during fruiting. Fruits grow on it for a long time, until the first frost. The berries are white, with a slight green or pink tint and blush. Rhododendron is another shrub in demand in the climate of the Russian Federation. It grows, even if shaded, in ascetic conditions. Differs in very beautiful flowering.

On household plots many shaded areas: under trees, along fences and buildings. They can be used to create beautiful compositions of shade-loving plants on them.

Plants are considered shade-loving, which for the normal development of enough rarefied sunlight penetrating to them through the crown of trees or they are in the sun just a few hours a day... They have bright juicy green foliage, because it does not fade in the sun, if they are planted in sunny areas, they grow poorly.

Plants for shade can be divided into flowering and deciduous plants.

TO blooming shade-loving include: lily of the valley, dicentra, garden geranium, anemone, foxglove, great astration, primrose, aquilegia, astilba, kupena, beautiful hydrangea, periwinkle, volzhanka, elecampane.

Decorative deciduous shade-loving are: hosts, geykhera, ferns, badan, brunera.

In the shade, vines such as actinidia kolomikta, maiden grapes, Chinese lemongrass grow well. They are used to decorate fences and walls of household premises.

Shaded areas of the garden can also be decorated with potted flowers for the summer season, such as ever-flowering begonia, lobelia, balsams and low-hardy hydrangeas. In the fall, at the end of the summer season, they are brought into the house, where they winter well until next summer.

Let's take a closer look at shade-loving plants.

Unpretentious perennial a plant that enchants with its tenderness. She has beautiful not only flowers of various colors, but also openwork foliage.

Aquilegia is unpretentious in the choice of soil, grows on loose, moist soils, but when compost or humus is added to the soil, it grows powerful, blooms profusely. Care consists in moderate watering, followed by loosening the soil and feeding once every 3 weeks. Propagated by seeds, dividing the bush.

Having planted geraniums in the most unsightly place, in a year you will not recognize it. The rapidly growing plant fills with its lush, openwork bushes free space so dense that even weeds cannot break through.

Perennial garden geraniums are popular among gardeners for:

• drought and frost resistance
• long flowering and rich colors, in which so far only yellow and orange colors are absent
• longevity and resistance to diseases and pests

Geranium care consists in watering and feeding... In early spring, nitrogen fertilizers are applied, and during the season, once a month, complex mineral fertilizers.

shade-tolerant perennial... When planted under trees, flowering is delayed, but the color of flowers is brighter. Moisture-loving, responds well to fertilization. A few years after planting the dicenter, it forms a powerful, abundantly flowering bush.

Waterlogging is destructive, fleshy roots rot.

It is better to cover the dicenter for the winter, in order to avoid freezing. It propagates by dividing overgrown bushes and cuttings.

Perennial frost-resistant a plant 1.5-2 m high and a bush up to 1 m wide, very decorative, one might even say spectacular. A sweet honey aroma emanates from the blooming white panicles, and the delicate foliage adorns the Volzhanka until the very frost.

Volzhanka is unpretentious, but grows best on fertile soils ... It is quite drought-resistant, but waterlogging of the soil is not terrible for it. After flowering throughout June, faded panicles must be removed so that the plant does not lose its decorative effect. In late autumn, the stems are cut at a level of 5 cm from the soil.

Hydrangea is a luxurious flowering shrub, one of the most impressive flowering shrubs in the garden. Hydrangea loves acidic, nutritious and well-hydrated soil. To maintain the acidity of the soil and moisture in it, mulching with fallen needles, sawdust, peat is necessary.

The shrub is practically not affected by diseases and pests.

Hydrangea blooms from late June until frost in large flowers.

Hydrangea has a lot: tree-like, paniculate (the most winter-hardy), petiolate, large-leaved. Most hydrangeas are hardy, but shelter for the winter will not hurt. Even if they freeze slightly in harsh winters, they can easily recover during the season with good care.

Perennial undemanding in the care of a plant that brings to flower beds and gardens bright accent... It pleases with its variegated foliage from spring to autumn. The composition of the soil for planting does not matter much, the main thing is light and without stagnant water.

You can feed once a month, but the dose complex fertilization should be halved compared to others. In the winter sockets need to huddle and mulch.

Flower gardeners appreciate it for:

• compactness, frost resistance and unpretentiousness;
• a wide variety of varieties and colors;
• flower bed decorativeness all season and good compatibility with other flowers;
• ease and speed in reproduction;
• absence of diseases and pests;
• very good in containers.

shadow queen... In shady areas, all the beauty of its leaves is revealed; when grown in the sun, they fade, fade and lose their decorative effect. The host is unpretentious, frost and drought-resistant. Grows very well. It blooms with bell-shaped flowers of white or lilac color, which gracefully rise above the green mass of leaves.

Hosts do not like frequent division of bushes. It is enough to perform this procedure every five years.

The variety of hosta leaf colors is impressive: from pale green to dark green, there are variegated varieties with white and yellow stripes. The sizes of hosts are also different: from dwarfs to giants. Height varies from 5 cm to 1.5-2 m. There is something to stop your choice.

Astilba is the little princess of the shadow. Plant moisture-loving and unpretentious... Astilba is beautiful, both in bloom and before and after it, thanks to its carved foliage. After flowering, faded inflorescences can not be removed, they also decorate it.

Astilbe blooms with white, pink, red panicle inflorescences in the first half of summer. The soil for cultivation must be fertile and moisture-absorbing. It is advisable to mulch the plant to maintain soil moisture.

Every 5 years, astilbe needs to be rejuvenated by dividing the bushes and transplanting to a new place.

Fern is herbaceous perennial shady a plant that loves moisture and shady places.

At the same time, the plant is drought-resistant, if the plant dries up in extreme heat without watering, next spring it will delight you again with its appearance. Planted in the shade of trees, they give the site a rainforest look.

Actinidia - Kolomikta

perennial fragrant deciduous liana, decorativeness is given to it by the variegated color of the leaves. Shoots of actinidia require support and can grow up to 7 m in height. Actinidia is also valuable for its healthy, tasty kiwi-like fruits.

For planting, seedlings are used not older than 4 years of age, because adult plants do not take root.

To obtain a harvest of berries, it is necessary to plant 2 plants (male and female), because plant is dioecious.

On summer days, shady areas of the garden are equipped and used for relaxation, where you can enjoy the coolness, hide from the languishing heat and the scorching sun. The relaxation area can be decorated with shade-loving plants, creating flower beds or islets juicy greens... The choice of plants for this is great and varied.