Shade tolerant plants make the best landscaping with flowers. Not only do they shade a landscape, but they can also be used as borders. They give a sense of invisibility and are perfect for those shady areas around the house. Planting them will allow you to keep the sun out of your eyes and enjoy your flower garden all year round.
Shade Tolerant Flowers. There’s a whole array of shade tolerant flowers that also grow well in shade. These shade-tolerant flowers may be planted once in the early spring and come back with beautiful flowers the next year. Some of these flowers include Calla lilies, Shasta daisy, Sweet pea, Iris, Hosta, and more.
Shady Color Gardens. If you’re trying to create a shady area for your flower garden, planting shade tolerant flowers such as sweet pea or purple coneflower is a great idea. Other shade tolerant flowers to consider include hibiscus, blue flower, the daffodil, snowdrops, and many others. If you want to create a picturesque woodland garden, planting roses, honeysuckle, hollyhock, and more would be a wise choice.
Potted Shade Flowers. Potted shade tolerant flowers work especially well if you allow them to get even just a little bit of sunlight. To do this, place some potted shade flowers on a table or other flat surface, and put some pots on top of them. Allow them to get just a tiny bit of sunlight each day. You can move the pots around as needed, and the flowering plants will bloom from full sun to nearly shaded areas during the winter.
Partial Shade. Most shade tolerant flowers are in shades of yellow, gold, orange, or cream. If you wish to plant some potted shade flowers in a shaded area, you may need to add some gravel or sand to help contain roots and keep the potted shade flower nice and potted. Adding some pebbles to the bottom of your pot will go a long way toward shading roots and allowing you to plant next year with a full head of color next to your potted shade flower bed.
Full Shade. Some shade tolerant flowers don’t like full sunlight very much. To solve this problem, place some full shade tolerant flowers next to plants that do need a lot of sun, but have the space to handle it. Plant those full shade tolerant flowers directly under these plants, and when morning comes, you can put a small pot on top of them. The full shade plants will get a good amount of sunlight, but the deep shade plants will stay out of the direct sunlight, where they’ll get more of the sun they need.
Perennial. Some of your favorite shade tolerant flowers come in annual forms, too. Some of the most popular annuals you’ll find are tulips, daffodils, crocus, idiums, phlox, freesias, and hydrangeas. The only problem with most perennials is that they are planted to provide shade, and shade breeds quickly. So, if you have a spot that you want to use as a permanent garden, make sure you pick a shade-tolerant variety of annual.
Forest Garden Flowers. People who are serious about bees, butterflies, birds, and other wildlife don’t forget shade tolerant flowers. You’ll find some shade tolerant flowers and some not so shade tolerant flowers in a forest garden. One of the flowers that works well for this is the meadow sweet meadow lily, which will grow year around and provide lots of blooms and color with its large red blooms. Other birds, such as bluebirds, hummingbirds, and starlings love to eat them, as well.