What to plant in the shady area of the garden?

13.03.2024 news

Cottages may remain empty due to lack of sufficient light. As a rule, we are talking about a shady plot of unused land. The reason may be in dense trees or in the poor location of the house, the shadow of which falls directly on the garden for most of the day. Such features will be discussed later.

Content

1 Degrees of shade
2 Shade crops

Degrees of shade

The degree of shade is as follows:

Uncritical shadow.

If this is a “lace” shadow from a tree that occurs on a site once a day, then the site can be called suitable for planting light-loving and shade-resistant plants.

Medium.

Such a shadow can be constant and "lace" or not constant, but dense (from the fence, or from the house). In this place, either plants resistant to shade or shade-loving ones will take root well.

Critical shadow.

This shadow is constant, falling from a house, a fence, from a canopy of branches. It can completely block the light.

On a note!

Here you can make a corner for relaxation or arrange a flower garden with a small pond. In any case, there is no point in disappearing the site, especially if the garden is already so small.

Shade crops

Greenery

You should immediately pay attention to the fact that the soil in a constant shade is always wet, and this contributes to the good growth of plants requiring abundant watering. These include some varieties of lettuce, mustard, as well as sorrel and spinach.

On a note!

Sorrel does not require any maintenance if it grows on wet soil. In appearance, an inconspicuous bush has a huge supply of a group of vitamins PP. You can eat it with bite, or you can bake tasty and healthy pies with it.

Vegetables

There are not so many vegetables that grow in the shade. You should not expect a good harvest, but here are some varieties of onions, “chives” and “slimes,” feel great under the crown of a tree. Among legumes, you can find a couple, which are also unpretentious.

Farmers advise planting them next to the apple trees, and use the tops as humus under the roots of the tree. Another vegetable that you can really grow is beets. The fruit will not be large in the end, but the moisture of the earth will give it juiciness. Beet tops can also go to salads or soups.

Shrubs

Experience shows that the most delicious and healthy that can be planted in the shade are raspberries. If the sun appears on this site at least once a day, then there is a chance to get your raspberry. Such berries will be larger, but with a slight sour flavor.

On a note!

You can also plant a bush of chokeberry or currant here. But elderberries or dogrose, most likely will not give berries, but they will please with their decorative look.

In the shade, you can grow conifers. In addition to their beautiful appearance, they will give the site a wonderful aroma.

Flowers

There are many flowers that perfectly take root in the shade. Biennial plants: forget-me-nots, pansies.Perennials: lilies of the valley, irises, ledum, catchment, host.

From annual plants, you can plant calendula, its flowers are quite bright and unpretentious. In addition, if you dry them, you will get medicinal tea for the whole winter.

On a note!

As for very shady places, the garden can be designed so that not a single site is empty. Here, both garden swings and ceramic figures for decor will be appropriate.

If you try with execution, you can arrange a summer pond with water lilies and bugs swimming. At the wall of the house you can pull the net. In addition, if ivy is planted, it will soon hide behind itself an inconspicuous wall and will become a beautiful flowering decor.