Perennial Grasses For Shade

Gorgeous in mass plantings but will not tolerate long periods of drought. Cutting astilbes to within 6 inches of the ground after they has finished flowering helps the plant produce a new flush of foliage.

A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole. This is not to be rushed. Small white flowers appear in a stalk above the plant for the duration of the summer.

Brass Lantern produces a compact, basal mound (to 8″ tall) of large, rounded, lobed, long-petioled, glossy burnished bronze leaves. Tiny star-shaped flowers appear in airy to dense panicles atop stems rising well above the foliage clump (typically to...

Sum and Substance stands out in the center of a shaded bed and brightens any shady spot. Some bright, filtered sun but too much will burn the foliage. A lively, personable plant, Hosta Sum and Substance looks best when paired with japanese maples, black...

We highly recommend that you mulch your Astilbe Snowdrift with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability. Starter fertilizer is the best product to use at the time of planting.

Tolerates full shade, attracts hummingbirds and pollinators, tolerates urban environments, containers // > Green leaves edged in white and contrast to the shade garden! Patriot does best in rich, moist, organic soils in light, sun-dappled shade.

Sweet Kate has brilliant gold foliage that will brighten any shady spot. Sweet Kate is an easy-to-grow perennial that produces a profusion of unusual deep-blue flowers from summer to fall.

Reddish frond color often returns in autumn after first fall frost. It is easy to grow and very adaptable to wet or dry soils. So named due to its copper color when young, the semi-evergreen Autumn Fern matures to a lovely dark green.

The chartreuse foliage will stand out in any shady garden, be it in a pot, garden bed, or as a mass planting. This Heucheralle is a vigorous, clump-forming, compact coral bells cultivar.

This heuchera shade perennial is a robust grower with fuzzy leaves that range in color from apricot to amber with purple-red undersides. Heuchera Caramel has purplish-red leaf undersides that offers an attractive contrast, along with white flowers float...

1991 Perennial Plant of the Year. Heuchera Palace Purple is best grown in organically rich, humusy, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Attractive foliage and airy flower panicles provide color and contrast to the rock garden,...

Hellebore Ivory Prince was selected in 1995 in Sussex, England from a controlled breeding program designed to produce new helleborus plants that exhibited vigorous growth, upright form and flatness of flowers.

A new, improved selection exhibiting superior form with leathery textured, rich green foliage. Flowers appear at the tips of branched stems clad with evergreen dark green leaves which are divided into glossy, leathery, deeply-lobed, often toothed, lanceolate...

Plants typically grow to 16” tall. Established plants that become congested may be divided in late summer to early fall. Meaning injures/destroys in reference to the plant's toxic leaves, stems and roots which are poisonous to humans if ingested.

, commonly called Lenten rose, is a clump-forming, late winter-blooming perennial which typically grows 1-1.5′ tall. Cut back flowering stems after bloom to promote new foliage growth.

It makes a great woodland ground cover and “spiller” for containers. Plant patented. Whorls of hooded, large true purple flowers stand out against silver foliage edged in green.

Small, creamy white flowers borne in open, airy panicles appear in late spring to early summer on slender, wiry stems rising well above the foliage mound, typically to 20-24” tall.

Neither of these ideas are true. Many people think that ferns are difficult to grow, or that they can only be grown in damp and shady places. One of the great advantages of ferns as garden plants, is that in many cases they require next to no care at...

One of the oldest perennials in cultivation, Bleeding Hearts produce graceful arches of heart-shaped flowers that “bleed” white. A garden favorite for years, it's fairly tall at 3′, and has evenly spaced pink hearts suspended gracefully on its long...

Prefers rich, fertile, humusy, consistently moist soils. Given adequate moisture, foliage remains attractive in summer, and may produce an attractive groundcover effect. Bloom begins in late spring.

Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in. Heuchera Fire Alarm does prefer drier soils in the winter so if there was ever a plant that we would recommend not adding topsoil or compost this is one.

Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in. Heuchera Autumn Bride does prefer drier soils in the winter so if there was ever a plant that we would recommend not adding topsoil or compost this is one.

Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. Feeding your plants is probably the single most forgotten part of growing healthy long lasting plants.

For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on. After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Aster Divaricatus a good deep watering.

To perform best wild geranium prefers partial shade to shade. Prefers moist, humusy soils, but tolerates poor soils. Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.

'Red October' has attractive foliage that changes color seasonally. Deer tend to stay away and this grass will quickly become one of the focal points in your late season garden. (Andropogon gerardii)

Bio-tone is a gardener's best friend and can help guarantee your success. This is not to be rushed. Cutting Carex Blue Zinger to within 2 inches of the ground in winter helps the plant produce a new flush of foliage.