Another Example of a Beautiful Shade Garden

by Three Dogs in a Garden

I think I struck a cord with my last post highlighting a small suburban shade garden. Obviously gardeners are hungry for planting suggestions for shade. In this post, I am featuring plantings from the shady sections of a large private garden in rural Ontario called Garden Canadensis. The blog post has detailed planting notes with links to even more information:
http://threedogsinagarden.blogspot.ca/2014/03/garden-canadensis-part-2-planting.html
You can check out the rest of the garden in this blog post:http://threedogsinagarden.blogspot.ca/2014/03/garden-canadensis-this-is-one-garden.html

another example of a beautiful shade garden, Throughout the garden and especially along its outer perimeter mature trees cast pockets of Garden Canadensis into shade and part shade

Throughout the garden, and especially along its outer perimeter, mature trees cast pockets of 'Garden Canadensis' into shade and part shade.

Heuchera Flower

another example of a beautiful shade garden, A mix of Heuchera and the green mounded plant is a 10 yr old Buxus microphylla Kingsville See the blog post for details

A mix of Heuchera and the green mounded plant is a 10 yr. old Buxus microphylla 'Kingsville'. See the blog post for details.

What I think will surprise and delight you is just how vibrant shady areas in a garden can be.

Dicentra 'Stuart Boothman' and Hosta 'Dancing in the Rain'

another example of a beautiful shade garden

another example of a beautiful shade garden, Planting Combination On the top left is Hosta Sagae Below it is lime colored Hosta Blaze of Glory With tiny white flowers in the centre is Corydallis ochroleuca See the blog post for more info

Planting Combination: On the top left is Hosta 'Sagae'. Below it is lime colored Hosta ' Blaze of Glory'. With tiny white flowers in the centre is Corydallis ochroleuca. See the blog post for more info.

Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum 'Shigitasu sawa'

another example of a beautiful shade garden, Plant Combination Brunnera Jack Frost left with Heuchera Silver Scroll in the foreground and Hosta Fire and Ice in the upper right

Plant Combination: Brunnera 'Jack Frost' (left) with Heuchera 'Silver Scroll' (in the foreground) and Hosta 'Fire and Ice' (in the upper right).

The blue-green Hosta 'Regal Splendor'. The lime colored hosta in foreground is Hosta 'Silk Kimono'.

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Suzanne on May 21, 2016
Do you know what type of Japanese maple is in the 7th (and background of the 6th) photo? Thank you.

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Tru13031718 on Oct 11, 2016
I have a area with big trees there is grass but the grass do not want to grow. I have paving around the grass what must i do in that area of the grass

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Maria Cid on Jan 23, 2020

Hi. I live in Seattle, WA, and I got into plants and gardening last year. I want to create a small area similar to the one showing above, but I'm having a hard time choosing frost resistant plants . I recently purchased bulbs for Caladiums and Elephant ears are they good choices? Do you have any more sugestions?
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TheHoneycombHome on Mar 18, 2015
Beautiful!!

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Carol Massie on Jul 26, 2015
I live in the southwest corner of Wyoming, zones 4 & 5. What shade plants & deer resistant plants can I grow with either purple or white flowers? That's my color scheme.

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- Three Dogs in a Garden on Jul 28, 2015
  @Carol Massie Canada is a long way from Wyoming, but I am guessing we are talking about deer resistant plants for dry shade. You would want to avoid plants that like moist shade like hostas and astilbe. A few suggestions: Heuchera or Coral Bells, Lady's Mantle, Valerian (nice fragrance), Solomon Seal. Check out this book: Planting the Dry Shade Garden by Graham Rice.
  
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