Favorite Trailing Plants For Shade Containers
Waikiki Sunset pictured has bold yellow and green variegated leaves studded with the familiar yellow blooms.
Trailing plants for shade containers. Tradescantia Albiflora Albovittata or Pinstripe Inch Plant. Growing Succulents in the Shade. The following varieties of tradescantia pictured above except for microfolia are good trailing plants for hanging baskets.
One of the most popular hanging basket plants trailing varieties are also suited to window boxes. Some of the plants we suggested are seasonally available so feel free to ask us for substitutions. 11 Great Shade Plants for Container Gardens Coleus Plectranthus scutellarioides Fuchsia Fuchsia spp Torenia Torenia fournieri Coral Bells Heuchera Species and Hybrids Begonias Begonia Groups and Hybrids Persian Shield Strobilanthes dyeranus Oxalis Oxalis spp Impatiens Impatiens.
Wedding Party True Love. TRAILING bushy PLANTS for a north facing garden. Dryopteris affinis and Hedera helix Sagittifolia provide the ideal foil for delicate geranium flowers here Geranium Wargrave Pink.
Spiller Plants for Shade Examples. We were able to pack in even more color by layering the plants specifically tucking Madame OReilly begonia and other colorful trailing plants under the larger leaves. If you enjoy using the perennial creeping jenny Lysimachia nummularia to trail from your shade containers be sure to experiment with their cousins moneywort Lysimachia congestiflora.
This container has a woodland feel with the barrel adding to the rustic look. Such plants will require a little less watering than hanging basket plants at the mercy of the summer sun. Good vine-like or cascading succulents for shade include wax plant burrow tail mistletoe cactus string of pearls string of hearts and rosary vine Christmas cactus Easter cactus and night blooming cereus.
Since these plants are shade tolerant you eliminate the usual risk of taller plants shading out their understory neighbors. They look great and will thrive in full to partial shade. The following is a list of plants that will add colour to hanging baskets in shaded areas of the garden.