Luminous Shade Garden
This patio planting combines flowering shrubs, graceful perennials, and ornamental foliage to create a serene garden that thrives in partial to full shade. Hydrangeas, camellias, rhododendrons, primulas, and ajuga provide blooms in shades of purple, lavender, blue, and white, while hostas, pieris, pittosporum, hakonechloa, and variegated foliage add layers of green, chartreuse, and creamy white throughout the seasons. Blending soft floral colors with luminous foliage, this planting provides continuous texture, color, and visual interest from spring through fall, creating a peaceful outdoor retreat to relax and enjoy.
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Lavender blooms and luminous foliage create a peaceful shade garden rich in texture and seasonal beauty
Plant List
Pieris japonica 'Cavatine'
Cavatine Pieris
2Hydrangea macrophylla 'SC-04-20'
Seaside Serenade Pebble Beach Hydrangea
3Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold'
All Gold Japanese Forest Grass
Camellia japonica 'Matterhorn'
Matterhorn Camellia
5Rhododendron camtschaticum
Kamchatka Rhododendron
6Hosta 'Amber Tiara'
Amber Tiara Hosta
Primula sieboldii
Asiatic Primrose
8Hosta x 'Francie'
Francie Hosta
9Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Golf Ball'
Golf Ball Pittosporum
10Ajuga reptans
Bugleweed
