Talking About Landscape Options For Commercial Spaces

From a lush, green lawn and tall trees to different shrubs and flowerbeds, the different options to include in your landscape design can be overwhelming. While you may already have established a lawn and even planted a few shrubs in front of your home, creating a small garden area with flowers and other plants will add enormous appeal to your yard. Of course, choosing the plants for a shady part of your yard can be difficult. To get started, here are a few must-haves to include in your yard's shade garden.

Add Dimension

When creating a garden or small flowerbed, you may not consider planting a tree. However, planting a tree on the side or in the center of your shade garden will add texture and dimension to the space.

Choose a tree that will not grow too tall or too wide. This is especially important if the garden will sit close to your home's exterior. Since the area will be in a shady part of your yard, you will want to choose a tree that does not require a great deal of sun. Here are a few dwarf trees for your shade garden:

• Crepe Myrtle
• Japanese Maple
• Flowering Dogwood
• Redbud

Add Greenery

After planting your tree, you will have a focal point for the garden. Filling in the rest of the space will be easier, since there are numerous plants and flowers that thrive in the shade. To get started, choose a few plants that will remain green through the year.

Ferns, hostas, and lirope grass are great options to consider. These plants produce lush greenery that lasts through the year, adding an attractive and natural look to your garden. In addition, these plants are easy to plant and maintain, reducing any stress of caring for your shade garden.

Add Color

Your tree and greenery will be the basis of your shade garden, but you must add color by planting flowers. Considering they bloom each year, planting perennial flowers is a more affordable option. Thankfully, there are many perennial flowers that love the shade.

Hydrangea, Lily-of-the-Valley, bellflower, foxglove, bee balm, Forget-me-Not, Iris, and violets are all perennials that thrive in the shade. Incorporating one or more of these flowers into your garden will add enormous color that will stand the test of time.

A shade-loving garden is not an impossibility. With this guide, you can create a low-maintenance, beautiful shade garden in your yard.

For more information, you will want to contact a company such as Urban Paradise Landscaping.