Designing A Shady Prairie Garden

Trees and plants were chosen and carefully placed to provide balance and counterweight to the ornaments and statues in the garden.

Designing a shady prairie garden. Shade tolerant plants include korean grass papyrus and japanese maples. Prairie garden designs for the home garden landscaping designs against a backdrop of gently swaying tall grasses this garden recreates the look of a prairie wildflower meadow. While a shade garden can present challenges it also provides an opportunity to include some of the most stunning and unusual plants and employ some creative design solutions.

Beautiful foliage like bronzy or caramel coral bells and puckered variegated solomon s seal and blue hosta make the need for flowers incidental. Shade is an inevitable part of gardening so rather than thinking of shady corners as lifeless voids you can use our tips and shade garden ideas to embrace them and to. Thankfully there s been an explosion of shade perennials on the market and your shade garden can be as colorful and varied as any full sun border.

The objects the design firm worked with include a 6 foot high buddha a 1 500 pound stone urn and a prayer bell. August 15 2020 by wanda simone there s something about strolling along a path in a shady garden during the middle of summer that makes you want to sit down and relax.