Bringing Interest to Shade with Soft Colors and Contrasting Textures

The shade garden design illustrated here is a kidney shaped 25' x 6-7' and offers interest in color and texture. Most of the plants are suitable for a range of hardiness zones, but alternatives are listed. Specifics about each plant follow on successive pages.

1. Astilbe - Astilbe chinensis 'Superba'
2. Columbine - Aquilegia flabellata 'Nana Alba'
3. Bleeding Heart, Fringed Leaf - Dicentra eximia
4. Hosta - Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans'
5. Japanese Painted Fern - Athyrium niponicum var. pictum
6. Coral Bells - Heuchera 'Pewter Veil'
7. Black Snakeroot - Cimicifuga racemosa (aka Actaea racemosa)
8. Foamflower - Tiarella 'Candy Striper'
9. Hosta - Hosta 'Francee'
10. Variegated Solomon's Seal - Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum'
11. Maidenhair Fern - Adiantum pedatum