Few bulbous flowering plants are as spectacular as Begonia tuberhybrida (tuberous begonia). And fortunately for shade gardeners, they grow best in light shade. Vibrant single or double flowers appear all summer until frost in a variety of colors ranging from vivid red, fluorescent orange, and bright yellow to pastel apricot, pink, and pure white. They [...]
The genus Primula offers the shade gardener plants with an assortment of colors including white, magenta, pink, yellow, and orange. Some flowers are bicolored and others are fragrant. There are several hundred species, varying in height from a few inches to 3 feet tall. Flowers appear in February in mild winter areas and in April [...]
Coleus (Coleus x hybridus) offer an incredible of foliage colors, shapes, and sizes. The leaves may be velvety or rough and crinkled, deeply notched or round and full. They may be one solid color or several colors in varying shades of pink, red, bronze, yellow, maroon, green, and chartreuse. The square stems grow 6 to [...]
The colorful magenta, white, and pink blossoms of fuchsias brighten any shaded spot. Even where it can be grown only as a summer annual or a house or greenhouse plant, the common fuchsia is popular. Upright varieties reach various heights, to 10 feet, and lend themselves to use as specimens, components of shrub borders, or [...]
The lush, subtly-colored foliage of hostas makes them a welcome addition to any shade garden. Hostas, also known as plantain lilies, are ideally suited to dense to light shade around trees and shrubs and along walkways. They are late bloomers, with flower stalks of lilylike white to lilac blooms that appear from July to October. [...]
Impatiens wallerana (Impatiens), also known as Busy Lizzie, is one of the most versatile flowering plants for shade. Use it for color under shrubs, along walkways, and tucked into corners by entrance ways. Impatiens also grows readily in containers and window boxes, and provides color in hanging baskets under eaves.
Impatiens is grown as an annual, [...]
Beloved by southern and western gardeners for its large beautiful flowers in winter and spring, the common camellia, Camellia Japonica , is a broad-leafed evergreen shrub. Its attractive, dense, shiny, dark green foliage sets off the blossoms beautifully. Camellias are very effective standing alone or planted in groups. They blend nicely with other broad-leafed evergreens, [...]
Although this South American tuber does produce small pink flowers, it is grown not for its blooms but for its striking leaves. The arrow or heart-shaped leaves are veined, edged, or mottled in numerous variations of pink, red, green, silver, and white. The plants grow about 12 inches tall and enhance any shrub border or [...]
Probably no other group of plants elicits as much devotional praise and obsessional frustration as the genus Rhododendron. Where they can be grown, few plants can match their bewildering variety of striking, profuse, often brilliant flowers, outstanding form, and attractive foliage.
Rhododendron is an extensive genus, with more than 900 species and 10,000 varieties. Azalea is [...]
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