Shadow beds are always a small challenge for hobby gardeners. Which plants finally thrive in the shade? Do not be fooled, because there is enough.

In our garden we have a bed that does not get a single ray of sunshine during the lovely day. It is almost always in the shade. So we need plants that grow especially well in the shade. When we bought the garden, my mother-in-law said that nothing would grow in the bed because it was too dark. I showed her the opposite and conjured up a beautiful flower bed, which now grows together beautifully after three years.

There are many great plants that thrive in the shade, although you can not expect the flowers here, as in other places in the garden. But it will still be a great flower. After all, there are enough plants that look good in the shade.

These plants thrive in the shade

If you have many shady and therefore dark corners in the garden, then spice it up best with decorative elements such as garden ornaments and bright seating. So the shady cookies get that certain something. Then you can give the whole with shadow plants the finishing touch. In the shade, for example, they thrive very well:

plant heyday height flower Color
lupine May - July / August 60 - 100 cm blue, purple, pink
Kerria May - July 2 - 3 m yellow
Zierquitte March April 1 - 5 m white, pink, orange, brick red
foxglove June August 30 - 150 cm red, yellow, white, pink
monkshood June - September 50 - 150 cm blue
Herbstaster September - November 20 - 150 cm white, pink, red, purple, blue, pastel tones
record sheet June July 40 - 140 cm creamy white, pale pink
Astilbe June - September 15-120 cm white, pink, red, purple
Black cohosh July - October 60 - 200 cm White
Coral bells May - July 40 - 70 cm red, white, pink
Blue poppy June - September 70 cm blue
Ruprechtskraut May - October 50 cm pink
Gedenkemein May June 10 - 20 cm blue
Hain flower June - September 15 cm blue White
Krötenlilie August - October 50 - 80 cm purple and white

Here is an overview of all plants:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



And finished is a really nice shadowbed. By the way, nothing grows ... Just make sure that during the hot summer months, you not only water the areas of your garden that are exposed to direct sunlight. You must also water the shade plants under trees regularly. The leaf dress finally prevents enough rain to reach the plants.