There are so many variations a person can make for a shade garden. Often there are similarities between plant selections or plant placement but the individual responsible for putting them together has a significant impact. Recently another Middle Tennessean sent me a picture of her shade garden. Rachel put together a very fine display of foliage and blooms that I wanted to post for others to appreciate. In her garden she put azaleas, hostas, hollyhocks, lilies, coleus, and impatiens.
It looks great and those hostas are very happy. The Asiatic lilies add some flower color and height to the hosta foliage. Rachel’s garden gets morning sun and afternoon shade.
It’s fun to see what other people do with their gardens. If you aren’t a blogger and would like to share a garden picture or two with other readers of this blog please send me a quick email with a description of your attached pictures. Feel free to tell me about your garden!
It is nice to see other gardens-even without a blog. Nice pic Rachel.
Rachel’s garden is really doing well and it’s so nicely laid out. Impatiens are just about my favorite “shady annual”.
Thank you for your compliments! I am fairly new to gardening, and I found Dave’s blog by accident, but I’m glad I did. We live in the same town, so I’m excited to find a fellow gardener neighbor! Arranging and designing flower beds can be challenging, but very rewarding….thanks Dave for sharing your knowledge!
Great job Rachel! Your selections of green work so well together!
I like impatiens but they like the water so down here in drought County GA I will pass on them after that one hot summer of constant watering, they sure were pretty though…
The Asiatci Lillies work well with the Hosta’s. I wouldn’t have thought of that combo. I just split some Hosta’s and moved them to another location they are not doing so well neither are my Azaleas, which I recently re-located. I am thinking that they may need more shade than this new area is providing.
Thanks for sharing the pictures.
That is a pretty shade garden. I had a wonderful shade garden in Alabama. It was the only place I could garden in the summer. I have very little shade here in Indiana.
Hi there i am a new-to-gardening gardener from Trinidad! I am learning by trial and error, i search for blogs about gardening, i am enjoying your blog so far.