Zone 6 Shade Garden plant help!
suzabanana (6b Boston/N. Shore)
8 years ago
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Lalala (zone 6b)
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Comments (2)Also, your roof overhang would have to be exceedingly deep to include a mature hydrangea. Sounds like you're planting shrubs MUCH too close to the house....See MoreNeed planning advice for new part-shade garden in zone 6b
Comments (4)Well as tot the Japanese Maple you can keep them real small in the shade. I gave one that is 7 years old and barely three feet....See MoreDry Shade Zone 6 Container Plants
Comments (3)If you plan on the plants living over the winter in the planter, they will not. The roots will freeze and the plant will die. It's not the snow, but the temp that will kill them. I would put in inpatients and just remember to water them every other day if it doesn't rain or every day in extreme heat. If they do wilt due to lack of water they do bounce back if watered....See MorePatio Garden design/plant advice - Zone 6
Comments (9)Only 2-3 hours of direct sunlight will definitely limit what you can grow successfully. I would eliminate any of those that require more or even full sun - no roses, lavender, baptisia, etc. Hostas may not be the look you prefer but they are well suited to those growing conditions!! If you want to add perennials or other flowering plants, look for those that are much more shade tolerant - hellebores, ferns, brunnera, ligularia, heuchera, dicentra, etc. The container/raised bed is not deep enough (width from the wall) to do anything much in the way of layering. Not sure what the vine is you have growing there but it appears to be doing well, so I'd be inclined to leave it. Just keep it well trimmed to reveal the fountain. And if the smaller evergreen shrubs are doing well also, I'd leave them as well. Often just lush greenery - without flowers - will provide a very soothing and even year-round tidy appearance. Since like most folks, I would assume you spend most of your time in this outdoor space in summer, so containers of colorful but shade loving annuals will help to brighten things up - begonias, impatiens, coleus or plectranthus, caladiums, fuchsias. Pansies and violas can extend the season well into fall and primulas can start it out in early spring....See Moresuzabanana (6b Boston/N. Shore)
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