SPRING IDEAS FOR THAT SHADY CORNER IN YOUR YARD:

SPRING IDEAS FOR THAT SHADY CORNER IN YOUR YARD:

Polygonatum (Solomon Seal) is a lovely woodland plant to add to your shade garden. Its dainty flowers will bloom in spring and its airy leaf structure can be a pleasant backdrop  to your summer garden display; the variegated  variety will grab more attention. Its rhizomes slowly spread if the soil is sufficiently rich and moist.

Polemonium (Jacob’s Ladder) is a clumping plant that will brighten up your woodland garden when the variegated variety is used. It does need moisture to keep looking good.  It has lovely little blue flowers in the spring, but its foliage is definitely its selling point.

Pulmonaria (lungwort) is known for its large, spotted leaves from which spring pretty bright colored pink to blue and purple flowers in the spring.

Myosotis (Forget Me Nots) can take full sun if sufficiently moist; otherwise part shade will do. Moisture also extends the bloom time. Is technically a biennial that readily reseeds and will spread throughout the garden.  Forget-me-nots are a pleasing early season cover to your garden that will be overtaken by the summer perennials that will begin to push out and tower over these low plants. New plants will pop up here and there and if not disturbed, will return in full force next spring!