The shade garden borders the right side of the house and extends into the front garden area. It is lovely year-round especially since there is color in it even in the dead of winter. I have numerous varieites of hellebore, hosta, arum, monkshood, coral bells, geraniums, Solomon’s Seal, columbine, clematis, sweet woodruff, wild ginger, peony and native plants such as Virginia bluebells, jack-in-the-pulpit, trillium, bloodroot. This list is by no way complete. This is another one of those gardens that you simply must see.
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- Vinca in bloom.
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- Hellebore.
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- Hellebore.
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- Lungwort is one of the earliest spring bloomers in my garden.
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- Primula.
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- Vinca, forsythia and Virginia bluebells.
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- Hellebore 'Royal Heritage.'
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- Bloodroot.
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- Virginia bluebells in bloom. The other plant is monkshood.
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- Vinca, arum and two mayapple plants.
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- Hellebore, columbine and vinca.
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- Vinca, forsythia and Virginia bluebells.
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- Hellebore 'Royal Heritage.'
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- Vinca, forsythia and Virginia bluebells.
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- Mayapple.
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- Trillium growing up through vinca, which is a wonderful ground cover.
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- A close-up of Trillium.
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- Another view of the bleeding heart.
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- Bleeding heart.
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- Various hellebores, trillium, primula and vinca in early spring.
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- Our native Jack-in-the-pulpit.
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- Daphne 'Carol Mackie" in bloom.
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- A different view of the bleeding heart, hellebore, variegated Solomon's Seal, ajuga and daylilies.
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- Variegated Solomon's Seal growing above ajuga.
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- The bleeding heart is in bloom. It is growing next to a hellebore.
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- This is vinca and primula.
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- This is another view of the Heuchera and lungwort growing together in the shade garden.
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- This is a hosta surrounded by sweet woodruff. I really like sweet woodruff as a ground cover plant and as I am learning it is edible. I have not tried any of the recipes I've come across yet, but I do intend to.
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- Heuchera and lungwort. I think these two varieties look really good growing together.
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- Columbine. I love all the different colors in this photo.
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- A large patch of Arum italicum in various stages of bloom.
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- A close-up of the Arum italicum bloom.
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- Another view of Arum italicum in bloom.
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- Arum italicum in bloom. I love the way the Heuchera contrasts with the flower. The other plant in the photo is Epimedium.
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- Arum italicum in bloom.
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- Hosta, columbine and daylily in the shade garden.
