Northeast Gardening: Garden Projects #7, 1 by RosemaryK

RosemaryK wrote:
Finally, the new shade garden. This was a construction zone as we installed a wood stove/fireplace. So far I've gotten the berm up about three feet and planted it with triangle patterns of hostas, and filled in the triangles, one with hellebores, another with cimicifugas. Along the path are fresh plantings of white bleeding hearts and a couple kinds of fern. Under the hemlock are trilliums, oxblood, and more kinds of ferns. Right by the house behind the pic are tiarellas, heuchera, a clethra, and some wintergreen.

The rule is that all blossoms in this area must be white to brighten a very dark area in spite of the southern exposure. I think I will try one of the white camellias here to block the view of the neighbor's fence and front yard. The plant has to be evergreen to block their unsighly junk pile, or I'd stay with a native shrubs there.

I'm open to new ideas for all areas,