I do shade containers. Would like to see more shade container ideas for next year. Helene
This one is in a 1/2 wiskey barrell which now is covered
Made in the Shade
This is another view of same container
This is in the fron Entry gets some sun in late PM
Here is another
House plants in vacation
Most of the containers are arranged with house plants that I save from year to year.
Here we have thriller, filler and spiller
on the darker side
We have breakfast together
sitting pretty with hostas
just tucked into the corner, these are to go to bigger pots for fall
Perilla
Nice containers! Just curious, what is the dark purplish plant in the first picture? I just saw some the other day while I was out, but they weren't marked.
Great containers. Tete I think that is a sweet potato vine. Very nice.
impoma, sweet potato vine, "Blackie" ("marguarite" is nice too - chartreuse green)
The center is King Kole Coleus. Thanks Helene
Looking good, Helene! All of my containers are ending up as shade containers by mistake. The stupid tree went and grew some more!!!! :-)
LOL - s..t happens. I came from the City to the country, only knew about geraniums, marigolds and such. Came to the country and all these trees. Lost many trees due to weather...I have lots of Hosta's that wish the trees where still there. It took me a long time to learn about shade gardening and shade containers and now I am moving to Fl.....
Beautiful plants and combinations - I adore shade plants and dontcha know it - my yard is full sun. (Grow, trees, grow!!)
I like that house! I bet you could make a wheelchair ramp into that house with no trouble. Oh well. I like shade plants fine, but I keep planting sun plants!!!
actually, don't need wheelchair, yet. We spent the whole winter in Florida last year, I find i can do containers there all year. Actually taxes govern that we sell this house and not in Florida. Today, what with the hurricane, 2nd thoughts.
THAT grows in the shade? NG impatiens?
It's an Amanda (last name) "Mandevilla" (first name) Vine. Yes it's in the shade. Under a green fiberglass covered patio. I saw this at a nursery just this week, in white. How beautiful. Needs to be brought in, in our Zone, in Winter.
Everything needs to be brought in up here! It's lovely!
Helen,
When you get here (FL) you will find we have two seasons, hot....
And not as hot...
Most of the perennial garden plants that you know don't grow here and the summer annuals that you have now are winter growers here.
Here is a bed in Feb>
I see in your photos (above) that you use some coleus, they do very well here.
I hope you move goes smoothly.
I can't believe you are doing delphenium. My most favorite, besides roses. However I have killed more delphinium..... Once some plants I grew from seed. doing nicely, sprayed roundup on them instead of fertilizer, that's how anxious I was that they were doing good. Oh my gosh you have such gardens.
Actually the first picture is coleus "Kong" series. The rest dark leafed, is"Parilla" which I bring from Fl. in spring and take with me to Fl. in fall. No I don't use it for wrapping foods. "Parilla" is used in Asian cooking. Its a snowbird as we are.
