Creating A Shade Garden Design
Here golden meadow rue creates a stunning contrast to anemone purple leaf coralbells and big leaf umbrella plant.
Creating a shade garden design. Compact and simple in design they make a secluded but comfy place to perch for an hour or so especially when armed with a cuppa and a good book. Make a bold dramatic statement in your shade garden without flowers by combining plants with different foliage textures and colors. The shade tolerant plants beneath the palms include blechnum silver lady heliconia red christmas alpinia nutans strelitzia nicholai and costus red tower.
To create the beautiful lush look that most people associated with shade garden designs you ll need to plant your garden beds in layers. While a shade garden can present challenges it also provides an opportunity to include some of the most stunning and unusual plants and employ some creative design solutions. Usually designed with a gable roof and slatted wood or trellis sides they can.
An easy way to plant texture combinations is by pairing leaves with opposite characteristics.

