5/30/2023 0 Comments Shade plants![]() ![]() Black Bugbane (also called Black Cohosh and Black Baneberry)ĭark-purple, almost black foliage is gorgeous and retains its color all season. Here are the ones in my garden and why I love them. They also are unattractive to deer and slugs. I also found a host of other plants that were just as tough and lit up the north and northeast borders of against my house. Who needs flowers when brilliantly-colored heuchera leaves supply plenty in the shade year-round with little care. Even -27F in the winter doesn’t faze them. I only have to add plenty of humus to the soil and mulch thickly with wood chips. Cut a few flower stalks and three or four leaves for a quick, hi-impact bouquet when blooms are at their peak.Ĭoral Bells are easy to plant and grow. ![]() Plus, their tiny flowers which appear in midspring attract hummingbirds! They turn brown by mid-summer and should be removed along with old leaves. They keep the color and same through the year. Add a couple unusual ones like ‘Midnight Rose’ with hot pink-splashed black leaves or the vivid orange of ‘Peach Flambe’, and you don’t need flowers. Foliage color is their strength, ranging from washed amber of ‘Ginger Ale’ to the glossy black-red of ‘Black Beauty’. I started with heuchera, commonly known as Coral Bells. My shade garden is colorful and work-free. However, plenty of gorgeous, unique, colorful plants seek shady nooks. Most are also old-hardy and need little maintenance once they are planted correctly. Shade gardens bring to mind hostas and ferns and perhaps some astilbe.
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