Carolyn S Shade Garden Native Plants
Appalachian barren strawberry waldsteinia fragarioides native from minnesota east to maine in the north and south to arkansas and south carolina appalachian barren strawberry a native alternative to japanese pachysandra pachysandra terminalis grows well along garden edges under canopy trees or in other spots with light shade the perennial fills in to form a lush carpet of three leaf.
Carolyn s shade garden native plants. There are many flowering shade loving vines to choose from too like native hardenbergia australian sarsaparilla its pea shaped clusters of flowers in winter and. We recommend planting in a 40 60 square foot area. Native plant shade garden. Climbing plants for small shade gardens.
Numerous options abound for creating eye catching shade gardens. Full sun part shade bloom. Dark shadows don t mean your gardening days are doomed. Posted in green gardening how to landscape design native plants sustainable living with tags carolyn s shade gardens garden design with natives gardening with native plants gardening with natives kate brandeis lehigh gap nature center native design native landscapes native plants native plants for gardens native plants for small spaces on june 7 2020 by carolyn carolyns shade.
These easy shade solutions will help turn your shady yard into the colorful retreat you ve always wanted. Our shade garden kit pairs well with our woodland edge kit. After a lot of debate i decided on 3 of the golden lotus variety since i thought a white flower would stand out in my shade garden. Posted in garden to visit green gardening landscape design my garden native plants organic gardening shade gardening shade perennials sustainable living with tags actaea racemosa ashe magnolia asplenium scolopendrium black cohosh bringing nature home carex muskingumensis oehme carolyn s shade gardens douglas tallamy flowering raspberry hart s tongue fern hydrangea quecifolia.
Evergreen shade loving vines such as ivy hedera are happy to scramble up pretty much any surface. Anise hyssop agastache foeniculum height. Native or indigenous plants are vital to wildlife because they are part of the local food web. Six plants of each species listed below.
Dry to moist light. When i saw the email from carolyn s shade gardens thanks to stacey forwarding it to me offering some relatively new varieties i was very excited. This kit includes 36 live plants. In fact i could not put it down.
Carolyn s groundbreaking book designing gardens with flora of the american east is an excellent read. Listen as i talk with carolyn summers about designing our gardens with native plants. Recent research suggests that if biodiversity is your motive you d do well to use at least 80 natives by cover rather than just planting a few. The foilage is also evergreen.