Shade-loving flowers for the garden: lilies of the valley, hosts, astilbe

For fans of breeding flower beds in their garden is of great interest growing different varieties of plants. Shade-loving flowers for the garden will bring beauty and comfort even to the darkest corners. Such plants are divided into flowering forms and forms with decorative sheets. The most popular among the flowering shade-loving representatives of the flora are balsam, primula, anemone and astilba.
A bright representative of such vegetation are also lilies of the valley. A forest flower blooms in the spring. Garden lilies of the valley are larger than their forest relatives, and differ in the variety of colors. In order to grow such shade-loving flowers for the garden, you need to buy a few bush seedlings. This will be quite enough, since the lilies of the valley reproduce superbly with rhizomes. It is necessary to take this into account so that you do not have to get rid of unnecessary vegetation.

Seedlings need to be planted in the shade. In order that shade-tolerant flowers for the garden develop normally, in the root zone the soil should not overheat. Very beautifully will look lily of the valley along the edges of the garden path. Flowers from it must be separated by a border, dug to a depth of 30 cm.

These shade-loving flowers prefer a soil rich in organic compounds. Plants are well tolerated by drought, but the size of flowers is reduced. The downside of the lilies of the valley is the short period of their decorativeness. In order to prolong it somewhat, in addition to watering, it is necessary to periodically spray plants with water during the dry period.

Decorative shade flowers for the garden can be represented by the plant of the host. It is notable for its brightly colored (in the shade) beautiful leaves. There are many varieties of this plant, differing mainly in color. The effectiveness of hosts increases with time. In four years, each specimen of this representative of the plant world amazes with its unique beauty.

Due to its multifaceted host, it can easily fit into any ensemble of garden vegetation. Combining it with other representatives of the flora, which have beautiful foliage, you can create unique borders and flower beds. Among the plants with which the host looks unusually harmonious, you can note geraniums, cuffs, carnations, aquilegia and lungworts.

It is impossible not to mention Astilba. These shade flowers for the garden have a wide variety of color shades: dairy, purple, lilac, cream, coral and red. Such plants are rather tender and not stored for long in a cut state. But dried bouquets from them have a high popularity among florists.
Cultivation of astilba is necessary on well-cultivated fertile land. It requires abundant watering and does not tolerate the drying of the soil. With sufficient soil moisture, this plant can be grown even in open areas of the garden. Astilba has a resistance to the winter climate, requires minimal costs for care, positively reacts to fertilizing with mineral and complex fertilizers.