How To Design A Small Shade Garden
Trees and plants were chosen and carefully placed to provide balance and counterweight to the ornaments and statues in the garden.
How to design a small shade garden. Small space shade garden plan. Reliable shade plants like astilbe hostas and crocus fill this gorgeous garden bed. Fill an area beneath a shade tree with this charming garden.
Use rocks of different sizes to create a retaining wall like the one above which would be particularly effective for a hillside shade garden. Or stack small flagstones to create a raised bed. Create layers to keep your garden interesting.
Many shade gardens feature relatively low perennials such as hosta bleeding heart and astilbe underneath a canopy of tall trees. Keep them from seeming out of place by growing plants over the top of them and in the crevices. Balance the tall lush branches of your favorite shade tree with a full garden under the canopy.