Wow!!!! Those are gorgeous together!! :)
My favorite plant pairing in a shady spot!
This area gets a couple of hours of afternoon sun. I like the combination of 'Boulevard' Cypress in the background, 'Honeybell' hosta, sun coleus, foxglove, 'Christophii' allium and peony 'Do Tell'.
Lovely combo.
Wow leewood!!! That's gorgeous!
Hope Weerobin is OK with the storms coming thru tonight.
A corner of my shade garden has a border of 'Golden Tiara' hosta, with 'Sun Power', 'Sum and Substance', 'Blue Cadet', 'Blue Umbrella', 'Guacamole' and other hostas, Celedon Poppy, Ginger and Coral Bells under hydrangea 'Snow Queen'. To the left the border is 'Hone Bell' hosta, 'Albo Marginata' and ferns under Viburnum.
Wow, looks great Leawood.
When I plant my shade plants out I always hope they'll mature over the years into just that look.
Haven't achieved it yet, so thanks for the inspiration!
And thanks for the concern, Doug. We sailed thru fine.
My wife & I went to a concert (indoor!) and you could hear the thunder over the music.
Just lots of wind & rain for us. Those poor folks in OKC!
That's a good point, Weerobin! I'd like to take the credit for 'planning' this look, but it is the result of planting things I like in an area where I hoped they would grow. The first items were planted in 2006 and each year since, I've 'tweaked' the plantings as they matured. Years ago I read that it takes 10 years to make a garden 'right' - at the time, I scoffed, but I'm beginning to believe it may take at least 6 or 7...
Leawood - just beautiful! It would take the deer a good week to consume all those hostas, LOL. Someday I'll fence a "hosta" garden area.
Leawood, That is a lovely area so many great hosta varieties.
Just took this pic the other day of one of my small beds. I don't really have shade trees so most of my shade beds are small and tucked in close to structures and large bushes. This one is shaded by a very large quince bush and the potting shed.
Gorgeous combo, HollyAnn! I love the variegated ivy with the heuchera and hostas. It's a very nice, subtle mix of colors.
Does the ivy ever get out of control?
It hasn't yet but next year I will have to cut it back pretty hard. I have more trouble with the Quince Suckers. I did know when I cut it back and planted this shade bed under it that they would be a problem.
I have the variegated English ivy in a corner of my shade garden. Several years ago I bought a couple starts of it to put in one of my urns with some annuals. In the fall, the frost nipped the annuals but the ivy looked great, so I stuck it in the ground at the base of this tree. Three years later, I really like the look of it with the hostas.
Here are parts of my new shady bed...
evelyn - my mom had a large bed of ivy in the front yard of the house I grew up in, in Long Beach. She actually had the gardener mow it once a year and it seemed to keep it very tidy looking. My ivy is on a hill so that isn't doable. I trim back the edges yearly as it does continue to grow outward. It's not too bad a job, it doesn't root that quickly so the pieces are just vines. Leawood's variegated ivy is lovely, I only have the green type. The smaller leaved ivy is my favorite, it does spread rapidly, but stays so nice and low to the ground.