Shady areas are considered by many to be difficult for decorative landscaping. But even on them, having correctly selected shade-tolerant plants and flowers, you can create a flower bed that will delight the eye from the beginning of summer to late autumn.
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What kinds of colors are suitable for shaded areas
Among today's variety of shade-tolerant plants, it is worth noting several species that stand out for their particular unpretentiousness and highly decorative qualities:
- Hosts are popular among gardeners. They are able to actively develop even at low light levels and will be able to bloom and decorate the garden right up to the very frost.
- Ferns' need for sunlight is minimal. And the variety of sizes, shapes and shades of their foliage will help you choose the right variety without any problems.
- European spruces can survive even in swampy soils. They are suitable for creating hedges, green sculptures and specimen plantings.
- Astilbe can be found in many gardens today. And this is easily explainable - an unpretentious plant is capable of blooming from summer to autumn with large bright flowers of various colors.
- Badan is a ground cover plant, characterized by unpretentiousness and the ability to grow rapidly. By planting it on your site, you will get whole beds of bright flowers in a short time.
Quite a few ornamental garden plants tolerate shading well. Among them, there are both annuals and perennials: scented tobacco, periwinkle, mallow, petunias, begonias, lilies of the valley, forget-me-nots, fuchsias, daffodils and many others.
How to arrange a shaded flower bed
In this case, it is not only the selection of the correct plant species that matters, but also their combination and placement. Primroses (such as hyacinths and primroses) flower before dense foliage on deciduous trees and shrubs, so they are great for planting in the shade of their crowns.
On flower beds next to hedges and fences, climbing plants such as wild grapes, ivy, etc. look great. Remember that the first time after planting, they will need abundant and regular watering.
Features of agricultural technology of perennial shade-tolerant plants
The vast majority of flowering shade-tolerant perennials reproduce vegetatively. They are either planted, burying 15 cm in the soil, with tubers or bulbs, or propagated by cuttings. When planting cuttings, it is important that a few buds are underground. Planting such crops in open ground is carried out from late summer to early autumn. As a rule, they are very hygrophilous and need intensive watering, especially in the spring.
Shade-loving perennials usually have good immunity to diseases and pests, for example, many of them are practically immune to fungal diseases. With the right selection of plants and proper care for them in shaded areas, you can create magnificent flower beds that will in no way be inferior in beauty to those on the sunny side.
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You can also read about the design of perennial flower beds in the following article:How to arrange a flowerbed of perennials