Plants Conditioned
For Dry Shade
Farm woodlots often contain
laige trees, a canopy of smaller
trees, a layer of shrubs and a rich
forest floor of herbaceous plants.
Why does this dry shade work in
nature but not in the home garden?
First, the natural forest has had
many years to build a layer of rich
topsoil and humus from the
decomposition of literally tons of
leaves, plant parts and other
organisms. A healthy forest is a
combination of a variety of spe
cies that coexist in harmony.
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and shrubs into remaining subsoil,
and select trees that survive in less
desirable soils. Highly competi
tive trees, like Norway Maple,
survive by having a shallow root
system that sucks up all the sur
rounding soil, water, and leaves.
These trees shade out competing
plants. This condition is called dry
shade. Here is a list of plants that
survive in dry shade:
•Acanthus hungaricus is an
architectural plant with long deep
ly cut leaves with mauve-pink
flowers in June.
•Arum italicum “Pictum” has
broad, spear-shaped leaves
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marbled with veins of grey that
emerge in autumn, persist during
the winter and disappear in sum
mer. Stout 18-inch stalks support
columns of glossy, orange-red
berries that last through the
summer.
•Carex buchananii has
orange-red foliage for the entire
year. It grows to a height of 2-3
feet.
•Corydalis ochroleuca is a
dense, bushy plant that reaches IS
inches. It has evergreen, bluish
green leaves and pale yellow
flowers from May until fall, fol
lowed by black, glossy seeds.
•Crambe maritima is an
architectural plant that grows to 2
feet. It has large blue, almost
silver leaves that are thick and
toothed. Sprays of white flowers
bloom in June.
•Deutzia gracilus ‘Nikko’ is a
low-growing shrub (15 inches)
with upright clusters of single
white flowers in spring and won
derful burgundy foliage in fall.
•Dryopteris affinis crispa con
gests is a delightful fem with
tight, dwarf habit, reminding one
of a condensed version of Cha
maecyparis shrub.
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•Epimedium cantabrigiense is
an eight inch tall perennial with
olive-green foliage and light yel
low flowers with reddish margins.
•Epimedium grandiflorum
“Lilafee" produces long-spurred
lavender-violet flowers that rise
through purplish new foliage in
early spring.
•Epimedium youngianum
‘Niveum’ has small heart-shaped
leaflets borne on a 10-inch wiry
stem. Pure white flowers open in
late April or early May.
•Equisetum scirpoides is often
used as a bog or water garden
plant, but it adapts well in dry
shade. Evergreen 8-inch tall thin,
jointed stems give it the appear
ance of bamboo.
•Fargesia nitida is a clump
forming bamboo with black
stems, purple culms (joints) and
soft evergreen foliage with an
arching habit that reaches 8 feet.
•Geranium ‘Biokovo’ is a
perennial with light pink, almost
white flowers and excellent, shiny
foliage that turns crimson in the
fall.
•Helleborus argutifolius is a
textural plant growing to IS
inches, with light green, almost
grey leaves that are veined and
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coarsely toothed along the
margins.
•Helleborus orientalis has
blush white-to-plum flowers with
crimson and maroon spots. Its
evergreen foliage and ability to
seed itself make it a wonderful
groundcover.
•Heuchera ‘Chocolate Veil’
has large, bold, smooth leaves
with patterns of purple and subtle
overtones of silver.
•Heuchera ‘Pewter Veil’ is
semi-evergreen with striking
pewter-silver leaves ahd
embossed black veins.
•Kirengeshoma palmata is an
elegant plant reaching a height of
three feet with large maple-like
leaves and nodding stems of bell
shaped yellow flowers appearing
in late summer to early fall.
•Polygonatum falcatum ‘Var
iegatum’ is a choice perennial
boasting green leaves with creamy
white margins and maroon stems.
•Rohdea japonica is a bold
perennial with spear-like leaves
and greenish-white flowers. It
grows to 12 inches and forms axil
lary clusters at ground level.
•Waldsteinia ternata is a
6-inch perennial with dense, dark,
evergreen foliage and yellow
flowers.
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