1. Hosta
This perennial plant very decorative foliage due to its shape and color contrasts it offers is ideal for brightening up shady outdoor spaces. In summer, you can appreciate its flowering in the shape of pink or purple bells.
This plant which requires very little maintenance sure to catch the eye. If the hosta appreciates the shade, a sunnier exposure is also suitable for it as long as it is protected from the scorching sun.
She doesn’t like drought at all. You will therefore have to ensure that its soil is always moist. To do this, think about mulching! It will thank you for your good care by reappearing year after year to offer you its magnificent foliage.
2. Camellia
With its bushy habit, its beautiful colorful flowering and glossy green evergreen foliagethe camellia has a very marked preference for sites in partial shade, but it can be satisfied with a shady or sunny space.
It is recommended to plant it in deep soil, cool and well drained and enrich the garden soil with heather soil.
3. Rhododendron
The rhododendron likes the shade and it needs it to offer you its profusion of spectacular flowers in large clumps. As with the camellia, it is important to enrich the garden soil with heather soil.
In addition, you will have to ensure that its soil is well drained, because it fears stagnant water as much as the scorching sun. Depending on its variety, the rhododendron is more or less hardy, so it will be necessary to make sure that the one chosen is appropriate for your region.
4. Hellebore
Well known for its winter flowering, this plant, also called “Christmas rose”, is a hardy perennial, since it withstands temperatures down to -15°C, whose flowering comes in different colors.
If you manage to install it in a convenient location and in a sufficiently rich and drained soilit will then multiply on its own to cover areas where it is usually difficult to grow anything else.
5. Fern
If you are used to walking in nature, you will agree with me that it is always at the edge of the woods or in the forests that you come across ferns. Eh yes, this plant is the queen of shade!
It will therefore be perfectly adapted to bring a little greenery to the less bright corners of your garden, balcony or terrace, provided you have enough humidity. This plant, which stays green all year round, is easy to care for when it is protected from the prevailing winds.
Its hardiness means that it can be grown in any region of France.
6. Liriope
This perennial is ideal for covering the ground, under a tree, for example. And for good reason, it likes shade or partial shade and is capable of tolerate poor, dry soil in summer.
Not only does this sturdy plant with blue flower stalks and evergreen foliage grows easilybut it is also very rustic and remains decorative even in winter.
7. Ivy
Depending on your needs, you can also bet on ivy to dress up the shaded corners of your garden, whatever the nature of the ground.
However, be aware that this very hardy plant can become invasive and that regular pruning will be necessary. Its foliage is evergreen and, depending on the variety, will bring brightness to your shady corners.
8. Rodgersia
You can rely on this majestic plant at very decorative foliage gathered in imposing tufts to bring an aesthetic and luminous touch to your shaded corners. In spring, large feathery inflorescences will emerge above the leaves.
This very hardy plant thrives in fresh, humus-rich, rich and deep soiland accepts any exposure as long as it is sheltered from the wind.
9. Japanese maple
Undemanding of exposure, Japanese maple needs shelter from wind and sun the hottest to prevent its leaves from burning and then falling off. As it is a slow-growing shrub, it will be easy to find a place for it, even in a small garden.
To develop well, it needs fresh, well-drained soil. So, do not hesitate to mulch his foot. Rustic, it will brighten up your shady area with its shimmering colors and beautifully cut foliage.
10. Lily of the valley
Of course, it is difficult to speak of this delicate flowering plant in the shape of bells without thinking of Labor Day, May 1, when it is widely offered. But thrush is not just about that. It is also a shade plant that you can install in your garden in shaded or semi-shaded corners, and in rich, drained, humus-rich soil.
It is an easy-to-grow plant that multiplies profusely when grown in the right conditions.
11. Blade
If the deadnettle is sometimes considered a weed, because it tends to colonize space, it is, in reality, a superb ground cover plant which, with its decorative foliage and small pink, white, yellow or purple flowerswill allow you to bring color to your dark corners.
There are different species, but all of them will bring their dose of charm to your garden. Shade grown in cool soilthe deadbolt can put up with periods of drought, provided that these remain temporary.
12. Cyclamen
This perennial plant hasThe marbled, leathery and fleshy foliage offers a beautiful, delicate bloom. It is a plant that will do well in a shady or semi-shaded corner of your exterior, provided that the temperatures do not drop below 0°C.
If you live in an area where the winters are colder, it will be necessary to opt for a container culture to allow you to bring it indoors in winter.
13. Impatiens
Grown as an annual, this plant will give you an explosion of colors in spring and summer. It’s a perennial, but since it can’t stand the cold, you’ll probably have to replant it year after year, unless you live in a region with a mild climate.
To promote its flowering, install it in shaded area, as well as in drained soil, rich in humus and fresh. In the event of a drought, it will be necessary to water it.
14. Helxine
This superb ground cover makes it possible to vegetate shady areas thatit illuminates with its superb intense green foliage. Reminiscent of moss, helxine makes it possible to cover the ground at the foot of trees, in a rockery, among others.
Its roots being shallow, it is content with little soil. If it is not very hardy, it is nevertheless easy to grow and can be invasive when it is well established. It needs a soil that is not too dry in summer, but drained in winter.
15. Silver Candle
This very hardy plant is known by this name for its surprising flowering in the shape of candles. Perennial, it has superb cut foliage that ranges from green to purple depending on the variety. Once adult, it can reach 50 cm wide and 80 cm high.
You can install it in shade or partial shade, in moist, rich, deep and not too calcareous soil.