Loudoun County Master Gardeners

Shade Garden                                                                                                                                       Back

Unrelenting sun was once the gold standard for gardeners, but well placed shade with the right plantings enriches our garden canvas.  Shade gardens are cool and soothing with subtle shadings and green foliage of various textures, shapes and proportions.

Plants in our Shade Garden include:

Sweet Woodruff Galium odoratum Variegated lilyturf Liriope muscari var. Wild Ginger Asarum canadense
Lily of the Valley Convallaria majalis Lilyturf Liriope muscari Creeping Jenny Lysimachia Nummularia
Dead Nettle Lamium maculatum Virginia Bluebell Mertensia virginica Impatiens Impatiens
Fern Dryopteris Solomon's Seal Polygonatum x hybridum Bishop's Weed Aegopodium podagraria
Bugleweed Ajuga reptans Coral Bell Huchera sanguinea Lenten Rose Helleborus orientalis
Lungwort Pulmonaria saccharata Periwinkle Vinca major Barrenwort Vancouveria
Siberian Bugloss Brunnera maerophylla Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria var.  Japaneses Roof Iris Iris tectorum
Siberian Iris Iris sibirica Violets Viola Columbine Aquilegia
Black Mondo Grass Ophiopogon planiscapus Cranesbill Geranium maculatum
Hostas in the shade garden represent the top ten varieties as determined by the American Hosta Society's Popularity Poll.  An additional hosta in the garden is the old stand-by, the Plantain Lily.
June Paul's Glory Gold Standard
Sagae Sum and Substance Krossa Regal
Strip Tease Great Expectations Blue Angel
Guacamole (not in the garden yet)

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