So many shade plants can give you lots of interest with their varying leaf texture, shape and color (and that’s even without adding flowers). This brand new bed has a mixture of astilbe, Hosta, Heuchera, iris, foxglove, ajuga, brunnera, Carex, blue moon phlox, spotted dead nettle, ferns, and I also tucked in some annual impatience. Obviously you don’t have to cram in so much variety (that’s just my gardening taste), but you can make a gorgeous shade bed with just a few varying leaf textures and leaf colors.
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