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Updated on December 6, 2016

Colorful Shade Container Garden Part I

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If you’ve got shade but still want color, here is an example of how to add color to your shade gardens in containers.

Read this earlier post for suggestions of plants with colorful leaves or flowers that can be used in shade gardens.

Container 1: Coleus, ferns, heuchera, and impatiens

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This pot contains coleus, heuchera, ferns, and impatiens. Here are some photos of the individual plants.

Red and green coleus. Coleus come in many colors and are easy to propagate from cuttings.

Red and lime green coleus leaves create abundant color in the shade
Red and lime green coleus leaves create abundant color in the shade

 

Heucheras also come in many colors, so you can mix and match with your companion plants.

Heuchera "silver scrolls"
Heuchera “silver scrolls”

 

Lime color heuchera and pink impatiens

A lime leaf heuchera mixed with pink impatiens makes for a nice splash of color
A lime leaf heuchera mixed with pink impatiens makes for a nice splash of color

 

Most tall ferns will look nice in containers. This one starts out reddish and then the leaves turn green as it gets older. The leaves are particularly stuff, so they won’t be damaged by high winds or rain.

This hardy fern can be left outdoors. It dies back over winter.
This hardy fern can be left outdoors. It dies back over winter.

 

Colorful shade container garden
Colorful shade container garden
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