Use These Perennials
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The Emerald Gold Euonymus is a perfect shade plant for a shady landscape
design.
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Emerald Gold Euonymus
Plant two
Emerald Gold Euonymus. The Euonymus is variegated and adds a lot
of interest in the shadows of the trees. You could plant this in sun or partial
sun as well. The leaves will show mostly green in the spring, turns to the
green and gold by June and then in the fall will turn a green and rose color.
During the summer if the plant needs water the leaves will turn rosy. This
condition is not healthy for the Euonymus.
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The Emerald Gaiety Euonymus is a perfect shade plant for a landscape design for
the Shade Garden.
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Emerald Gaiety Euonymus
Plant two
Emerald Gaiety Euonymus. The Euonymus is variegated and adds a
lot of interest in the shadows of the trees. You could plant this in sun or
partial sun as well. The leaves will show mostly green in the spring, turns to
the green and white variegation by June and then in the fall will turn a green
and rose color. Keep watered in extreme dry conditions.
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The Silver Beacon Lamium is a perfect shade plant for a Shade Garden landscape
design.
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Silver Beacon Lamium
Plant eight
Silver Beacon Lamium. The Silver Beacon leaves are a silver
heart ringed with green trim. Plant the lamium in moist garden soil. It is a
slow creeper and prefers partial shade. The lamium comes in a couple of
different varieties, the White Nancy and the Beacon Silver. The lamium maculatum
is a creeping perennial and has heart shaped leaves. The flowers bloom in
little clusters and come in white for the White Nancy and pink (purple?)
for the Silver Beacon.
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For visual interest add a bench and place it at a slight angle to the rest of
the design.
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Bench
Place a bench at a slight angle to the rest of the design to add visual
interest to the landscape design. You can find benches at most landscape
centers. It can be a concrete bench or a plastic bench. Find one with a design
you like. Some benches have some scroll work on them or simple designs.
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The Holly is a perfect shade plant for a Shade Garden landscape design.
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Holly
When you find Hollies for this design you have to remember to get a boy and
girl Holly.
If you don't get both a boy and girl holly then you will not get any of the red
berries that hollies produce. There are genetic varieties today that are a
combined holly that is both a boy and a girl. I have one in my yard and it does
get berries each year that the winter mammals and birds eat.
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