Water Garden Plants For Shade
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Water garden plants for shade. Although the Blue Flag Iris wont bloom as much as it would in the sun the sword like foliage will stay green throughout the summer. This plant desires dappled shade and protection from the direct sun to live up to its full potential. Fill the shady spots in your garden with a variety of plants that grow in shade including perennials annuals flowering shrubs and trees.
2 It tolerates light shade dappled is best but it can also be grown in full sun in the cooler climates. Learn about the top 20 shade-loving plants including Hosta Heuchera Dead Nettle Tiarella Astilbe Foxglove Ferns Hydrangea and more. Plants for Shadier Ponds.
It wont grow too big or too rambunctious. One more silver-foliaged plant for shade is another member of the lavender and sage family like the Plectranthus. Here are a few examples of ground covers that tolerate full shade.
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea is known for its showy floral display. Excellent shade plant with clean strappy leaf foliage and rustic flowers Size 50cm high x. However it needs to be mass-planted for full effect.
Although the dainty white flowers are much smaller than those of a waterlily the oval-shaped green leaves float beautifully over the pond creating shade for fish. But do not grow foxglove around small children. It is also one of the tallest plants for dry shade 2 to 5 feet tall and 1 to 2 feet wide.
Bowles golden sedge Carex elata Aurea and gold fountain sedge Carex dolichostachya Kaga Nishiki are two examples of moisture-loving grass plants for shade and poor drainage. Bush lilies are evergreen plants that produce large clumps of funnel-shaped orange flowers nestled in dense clusters of green strap-like leaves. Many water lilies for instance make suitable shade plants for ponds.