For lovers of cultivating flower beds in their garden, it is of great interest to grow different varieties of plants. Shade-loving flowers for the garden will bring beauty and comfort to even the darkest corners. Such plants are divided into flowering species and forms with decorative leaves. The most popular among the flowering shade-loving representatives of the flora are balsam, primrose, anemone and astilbe.
A bright representative of such vegetation are also lilies of the valley. Forest flower blooms in spring.
Garden lilies of the valley are larger than their forest relatives, and are distinguished by a variety of colors. In order to grow such shade-loving flowers for the garden, you need to buy several bushes of seedlings. This will be quite enough, since lilies of the valley perfectly reproduce by rhizomes. It is necessary to take this into account so that you do not have to get rid of excess vegetation.
Seedlings need to be planted in the shade. In order for the shade-tolerant flowers for the garden to develop normally, the soil should not overheat in the root zone . Lilies of the valley along the edges of the garden path will look very beautiful . Flowers from it must be separated by a border, dug to a depth of 30 cm.
These shade-loving flowers prefer soil rich in organic compounds. Plants tolerate drought, but the size of the flowers decreases. The disadvantage of lilies of the valley is a short period of their decorativeness. In order to extend it somewhat, in addition to watering, you need to periodically spray plants with water in the dry period.
Ornamental shade-loving flowers for the garden can be represented by a host plant. It is notable for its brightly colored (precisely in the shade) beautiful leaves. There are many varieties of this plant, differing mainly in color. Host performance increases over time. After four years, each instance of this representative of the plant world is striking in its unique beauty.
Due to its many-sidedness, the host fits easily into any ensemble of garden vegetation. Combining it with other representatives of the flora with beautiful foliage, you can create unique borders and flower beds. Among the plants with which the hosta looks unusually harmonious, one can note geraniums, cuffs, cloves, aquilegia and lungwort.
One cannot but mention the astilbe. These shade-loving flowers for the garden have a wide variety of color shades: milky, purple, lilac, cream, coral and red. Such plants are quite tender and not long stored in a cut state. But dried bouquets of them are highly popular among gardeners.
It is necessary to grow astilbe on well-cultivated fertile soil. It requires abundant watering and does not tolerate drying out of the soil. With sufficient soil moisture, this plant can be grown even in open areas of the garden. Astilba is resistant to the winter climate, requires minimal maintenance costs, and responds positively to fertilizing with mineral and complex fertilizers.