Scotterbug, what is that plant? Very pretty and unusual! Sitting amongst brugs?
share your shade garden pics
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It is a Mickey Mouse Taro,
aka ...... Mouse Cup, Pocket Plant, Yautia Amarilla (Xanthosoma atrovirens)
Sorry, I forgot to post the name of the plant.
Okay, I'm gonna have to look that one up!
Here's a couple of shots of just one of my shade gardens (lol...with all the towering slash pines, as well as the numerous palms & oaks, most of our property is one large shade garden!).
The shade in this one is provided courtesy of three Sabal Palms (which make a great border for the garden, as well as a lovely Live Oak which lives just to the east of this garden.
I love the 'tropical look' of this area
The first pic shows the dappled sunlight that it receives during the day
This is a closer-up shot of the south end of what I call my 'Palms Shade Garden'
And this is the northern end of the Palms Shade Garden.
Beautiful shade gardens, Beth!
I love all the pics of these shade gardens!!
Molly,
I snagged one of the pics of your yard (see below); what is that lovely plant with the curly leaves? Is it a begonia?
Beth
That photo of the south end of your Palm shade garden looks like a water color painting. So lovely and inviting and cool looking. pretty posting.
Beth,
I believe that the plant is a begonia. Possibly an angel wing or dragons wing. I am so not sure. Tomorrow I will be going back over to the old house digging plants and I will check that one. Maybe there is still a plant marker on it. It is one I wanted to bring with me to my new house, but with the hurricane coming I had to be selective about what I had time to dig.
Will check and let you know.
Molly
:^))
Hi Molly. I don't know what kind of begonia that is that Beth is asking about but I'm sure it is not a dragons wing. That's dragons wing in my post on the 27th at 5:25. When you find out, I would like to know, too!
Terrie
This garden is about three years old. I love working with foliage.....
This is the shadiest part of our yard..... Also my favorite part of the yard.... All your pictures are just georgeous!!!! This part of the yard is filling really nicely and I love it!!!!
My favorite spring combinations!!!
I can't believe I missed this thread! Loved looking at everyone's shade gardens.
Here's a shot from my shady spot on our east foundation right near our front porch. Bleeding heart, of course, with vinca minor and polemonium 'Purple Rain' (which I just love!) in the background.
Polemonium 'Purple Rain' in bloom. One of my favorites! It's been blooming for weeks and still looks great.
Everyone! Your shade gardens are beautiful. Starzz I love your hosta garden. Wish I had a throne like that in mine LOL. Tunnels that yellow colius is to die for!!!! Here is my shade garden in progress. BEV
Thanks, Bev. It's good to see this thread revived! I just went back through it and realized those pictures are from FOUR years ago. :-) How time flies when you're having fun!
Sorry I'm late to the party! My yard is 75% shade, so I'm always eager to add to my plants. My best performers are woodland phlox in early spring, rainlilies in May and mistflower (wild ageratum) in fall. This view is my north-facing front yard in May 2007.
Oh, I forgot to show my back garden, which has more sun except under my 4-trunked dogwood. Mostly ferns, but some hosta, hellebores, ginger, agapanthus and African lily. Violets also do well, and in spring the blue-eyed grass among my stepping stones looks like you're walking among stars.
GardnGator - So pretty, and so natural-looking! Lovely woodland garden, trees, lake...heaven! I'm envious. :)
Wow, some beautiful gardens here. Very nice!
This little corner is quickly becoming one of my favorite spots in the yard!!!! My goats Beard is going to be so beautiful this year, I have two and love them... The oakleaf hydrangea is starting to get the buds on them!!!! The cherry belles??? Are going like gang busters and spreading all over I really like those flowers also.. The brunnera is just getting done with the blue flowers on it. Of course not to mention my fave hostas are the honey belles.. I have several from only two plants divide and enjoy!!!! :) Ronna
Shot from other side... We had a little larger pond in here and I wanted it gone... Have enough to do with all the flowers now its much more manageable. So Im filling in the gaps. Darn more room for flowers.... Dratits. Ronna
Here's one of my earlier photos. My gardens are more plush now. I'll take more pictures to show and see the diff. We've had bad storms all night.
I have one "Love Pat" hosta - first right and then two carnival hostas
One Joe Pye
One red baneberry
Spreading Globeflower
One white baneberry
Another Joe Pye
Kirengeshoma Koreana
This is the second year for all my plants. This area was covered with 2' of grass. The wall shades the area and only the tops of the taller plants get sun. I still need to week once a week to get the baby crabgrasses.
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Gardenlady,
I asked about your small water feature in another forum. I'd like to put a few around my yard. How do you get the waterfall to go over the rock, and not out the sides. I get the container, but often wondered about the falls. I'm not sure what to buy or how to set it up.
This is only my second summer in this house, I'm adding a little at a time
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Very pretty, jd! And I love that wooden morel mushroom.
That's the only morel I found this year lol. I didn't really go looking this year like I used to. My son did find a couple while fishing by the river, here's a pic of his loot:)
I have visitors:)
Aw, cute! I just saw a couple of toads hopping around when I visited the nursery today. I wish I'd see some in my garden.
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this toad was fatter than the ones I've been seeing, maybe it's knocked up?? I assume they lay eggs like frogs, but where???? My husband almost ran one over the other day tilling the garden, but I saved him and relocated him to the front yard:)
How cute! Even cuter when you realize they eat slugs! : )
Any slug eater is a good thing!!!
i cant belivethe size of this peony
How pretty! I wish I could grow peonies!