Plants for shade and dampness. Shade-loving and shade-tolerant plants for the garden

Good way arranging a shaded corner in the garden - creating there cozy place to relax. Here you can have a pleasant time on a hot summer day. Creating a comfortable and calm environment in such an area will be facilitated by planting a variety of plants that can tolerate low light levels well.

Shade-loving shrubs for the garden have an interesting appearance and during the flowering period they delight the eye with beautiful bright colors.

Lighting is necessary for any plant to active growth and proper development. But different types of plants have different lighting requirements. By required quantity All plants are divided into the following types:

• Shade-loving.
• Shade-tolerant.
• Photophilous.

A light-loving plant will not die if planted in the shade, but its growth rate will be greatly reduced, and as a result it will not grow as beautiful as in an area with sufficient lighting. Therefore, for shady areas of the garden with weak insolation, you should choose shade-loving plants adapted to such conditions.

Differences between shrubs and trees

Shrubs, used in landscape design That is, they constantly enjoy well-deserved attention. Therefore, in numerous nurseries there is always wide choose these popular plants.

There are intermediate forms of plants between shrubs and trees. The main difference is the presence of a main, main trunk, from which multiple branches grow in different directions. For example, the following plants can grow both in the form of a tree and a bush:

• Nut.
• Some types of elms and willows.
• Hawthorn.

This depends on the pruning method and the conditions in which they grow.

For example, a dark crimson forest beech, with regular pruning and growth adjustments, can be turned into a shrub and used to create a picturesque hedge. This hedge will not shed its brown leaves into winter period. But if you let it grow freely without pruning, such a beech will soon become a tree.

Soil preparation

To obtain the expected result, you must take a responsible approach to selecting the right shrubs. For certain types Plants require soil of a special composition.

Due to the fact that many shade-loving species are adapted to forest conditions, when planting them, attention should be paid to soil preparation. The soil must be nutritious and have neutral acidity. If these conditions are met, the plants will easily tolerate replanting and will eventually grow into beautiful, lush bushes.

It is necessary to plan the area for planting plants in advance so that during the growth process they do not crowd each other. It is worth selecting shrubs taking into account the height of adult plants. So, short, shade-loving decorative bushes are better suited for decorating and strengthening slopes and embankments. The shape of the bushes, their size, as well as the flowering time of many plants can be controlled by regular pruning of the branches.

Free space, remaining between the bushes can be filled with ground cover plants or shade-loving flowers. This will not only look beautiful, but will also prevent the soil from drying out quickly. Ordinary lilies of the valley are very suitable for these purposes. In early spring they will delight the eye with tender beautiful flowers, and the rest of the time - beautiful leaves juicy Green colour. Lilies of the valley tend to grow actively, which eliminates the need for additional annual planting of new plants.

Selection of shade-loving plants

In order not to spend too much effort on care in the future, you should choose shrubs for the garden, adapted to natural conditions your region. Trying to grow unadapted shrubs may be successful, but it will bring more trouble than joy.

An additional decorative element of the bushes will be juicy, bright fruits, which, however, are often inedible.

Types of honeysuckle

Shade-loving shrubs are most types of honeysuckle.

• It is worth paying attention to Tatarian honeysuckle, it is unpretentious and very beautiful during the flowering period, represented by many garden forms that differ in shades of flowers from white to bright red.
• A good choice would be the rather rare alpine honeysuckle, which has bright red fruits and a very thick, dense crown.
• Maak honeysuckle, or Amur honeysuckle as it is also called, can be grown in tree form.
• The most popular is edible honeysuckle. This plant is a bush up to a meter tall. The berries ripen by mid-summer. They have juicy red-violet flesh and a sweet and sour taste.

Hazel and euonymus

Long range is well adapted to low light conditions a relative of the birch - common hazel, also known as hazelnut. Artificially bred ones are better suited for landscape design. garden forms having foliage of various colors.

Euonymuses are deciduous and evergreen. This genus includes both shrubs and small trees.

They attract special attention in the fall with their bright fruits and interesting foliage colors. The warty euonymus has fruits and leaves of pink shades, while the winged euonymus has predominantly crimson-red shades.

Viburnum and elderberry

Various types of viburnum are also characterized by increased shade tolerance. They will decorate the garden all year round. Common viburnum will be a good choice for garden decoration. And its fruits are used as a cure for many diseases.

Viburnum laurelifolia is evergreen shrub and blooms in winter. It is attractive due to its flowers in white and pink shades. It is well suited for novice gardeners, as it is easy to care for.

Many species of shrubs of the elderberry genus have long been used and how ornamental plants , and as fruits because of their nutritional and medicinal properties. Red or cluster elderberry is extremely unpretentious and can also help remove mice. Black elderberries are edible. This type of elderberry is best planted in windless areas.

Hydrangeas, Mahonias and Mexican Jasmine

Hydrangeas are good for decorating not very shaded areas on the site. They bloom in early summer and continue to bloom until early autumn. Their interesting, large inflorescences will also look good as part of dry bouquets. Tree hydrangea is unpretentious and undemanding to care. Best choice for growing in middle lane, according to many gardeners, there will be paniculate hydrangea.

Its shape deserves close attention with large flowers, which bears the name Grandiflora. The Brettschneider hydrangea also looks great with large snow-white flowers that then change color to purple.

Holly mahonia is an evergreen shrub of compact size with shiny, feathery leaves. In early spring, bright yellow inflorescences bloom on it, and at the very beginning of autumn, dark blue edible berries ripen.

Mexican jasmine is also a shade-loving shrub with flowers that have citrus aroma. After finishing spring bloom you can trim it.

Cherry laurel, keria and cotoneaster

Medicinal cherry laurel is also an evergreen shade-loving shrub with dense, glossy foliage. At the beginning of summer, racemes of fragrant white flowers bloom on it.

It's pretty rare plant in the gardens of the middle zone, as it does not tolerate low temperatures. For safe wintering it needs shelter.

Japanese Keria is characterized by a long spring-summer flowering period, which, in some cases, may repeat in the fall. It should be taken into account that in well-lit areas, keria blooms more abundantly. But it also tolerates the lack of sunlight quite well. Keria flowers are large, yellow, and collected in inflorescences.

The form of the Japanese kerria Pleniflora, named after William Kerr, who developed this variety, has yellow flowers With large terry petals. Keria is a heat-loving plant and therefore needs shelter and protection from the wind in winter.

Cotoneasters belong to the Rosaceae family. These are deciduous or evergreen perennial shade-tolerant shrubs. These plants come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. They can grow as trees up to six meters high, or as low-growing creeping bushes.

The glossy foliage, dark green in summer and turning red in autumn, may persist through winter or fall off. Despite such serious differences, all cotoneasters have similar features, for which they are loved by gardeners. In all plants belonging to this genus, the leaves acquire a very picturesque color in the fall, and beautiful fruits ripen on the branches. The flowering period for cotoneasters is May-June. At this time, pink buds bloom into white flowers.

You can also plant several types of low shade-loving trees in your garden. coniferous species. Conifers are versatile and make a good addition to any type of garden. They can be used individually or as part of various compositions.

Conifers are undemanding to the planting site and do not require complex care. If you purchase frost-resistant tree, then it will not require shelter for the winter. Only with the onset of spring is it worth covering it a little from direct sun if it is not planted in a shady area of ​​the garden. Coniferous trees Frequent feeding is not required.

Yew and juniper

A coniferous plant such as the pointed yew is the most shade-tolerant of all. This type of yew got its name due to the pointed thorns at the top of the crown. It is characterized by an extremely low growth rate and tolerates frost quite well. Best adapted to wintering medium-sized decorative forms , but they need protection from bright sunlight in the spring. In the middle zone, this is the only type of yew suitable for cutting.

Juniper is a numerous genus of coniferous plants, including 75 species. To date, many have been released low-growing varieties this bush. They grow actively and look extremely impressive in the garden. Creeping junipers are very popular in the United States. And now they are gradually winning the love of Russian gardeners.

There are medium-sized junipers, and even tree-like junipers up to fifteen meters high. For all types of junipers, the characteristic qualities are:

• Low maintenance requirements.
• Frost resistance.
• Ability to grow on any soil.
• Ability to tolerate lack of moisture.

Whatever the plot or garden, there is always one or several corners where the sun’s rays practically do not reach, be it the shadow of the house or big trees. But don't worry about it. The flora is very rich in species, and you can always choose shade-loving or shade-tolerant plants for the garden, which will delight you with flowering and decorative leaves.

Classification of plants according to lighting requirements

Sunlight, water and good, fertile soils- these are the basic requirements of plants that guarantee them successful cultivation. But not all flowers and trees love bright sunlight; depending on this, they are divided into three groups.

1. Light-loving plants for the garden, their second name is heliophytes. They love open spaces and sunlight, but can die in shade. The vast majority of garden flowers belong to this group. From annuals: petunia, marigolds, lobelia, godetia, etc. From perennials, for example, daylily, rudbeckia, gaillardia, arabis, chistets. And also trees: Ginnala maple, Manchurian walnut.
2. Shade-tolerant plants for the garden. This group includes species that also love sunlight, but 5-6 hours of it in the first or second half of the day are enough for them. However, flowering may not be as abundant and long-lasting. This group includes plants such as oak anemone, astilbe, alpine columbine (in the first photo), dicentra, peony, scilla, etc.
3. Shade-loving plants for the garden. These species prefer to grow in secluded corners where there is almost no sun. They are usually distinguished by rich green leaves. First of all, these are ferns, hostas, lilies of the valley, lungwort, foxglove, etc.

Shade-tolerant coniferous plants for the garden

Evergreen trees and shrubs always give the garden a special charm and delight the eye throughout the year. All of them have an amazing aroma that not only improves your mood, but also disinfects the air. There are quite a lot of types of coniferous plants, they differ in size, crown shape, requirements for soil and lighting. Many plants do not like bright sun, and young specimens, without exception, require some shading in the first stages of growth. The following varieties of shade-tolerant conifers are the most popular among gardeners:

• Canadian spruce, common spruce, prickly spruce, Serbian spruce and "Entelmani";
• Siberian fir, balsam fir, Canadian fir, single-color;
• yew "Rependence" and Canadian (pictured);
• drooping arborvitae (Japanese);
• echiniformis;
• microbiota is cross-paired.

All conifers are quite unpretentious, but some require abundant watering and shelter for the winter. Many ornamental species grow quite slowly, which allows them to be used for alpine roller coaster, in group plantings.

Choosing shade-tolerant shrubs

Shade-tolerant plants for the garden and vegetable garden of this group can be purely decorative in nature or also bring practical benefits. In addition, a distinction is made between decorative deciduous and flowering. Let's look at the most popular and common ones.

Also worth noting are the following shade-tolerant plants for the garden, which are part of the group of shrubs and have decorative leaves: privet, boxwood, euonymus (winged and warty), Thunberg barberry.

Shade-tolerant trees in the garden

If you want to choose not fruit trees for your garden, but decorative ones, then you should pay attention to several types. Maple remains one of the most popular trees for landscaping. Large dissected leaves are especially beautiful in autumn, when they acquire bright colors. There are quite a lot of types of maple: field, holly, silver, white, sugar, Japanese. The tree forms a beautiful spreading crown and it is quite possible to plant shade-tolerant flowering plants for garden.

Very often, beech and hornbeam are used for landscaping; they have garden varieties and shapes. They look great not only in group plantings, but also in single plantings, and the crown is easy to trim and shape.

Fruit trees and shrubs growing in the shade

Not many fruit trees and shrubs are capable of growing and producing good harvest in the shade, they still require sun. Of the species most resistant to lack of light, it is worth noting raspberries and blackberries, since their natural habitat is forest thickets and wet ravines; they tolerate partial shade well. You can also plant barberries and gooseberries, which will benefit the mentioned species. good neighbors. The first shrub is winter-hardy, grows quickly and produces a good harvest of berries, which have a specific sour taste. Gooseberries (pictured) are also characterized by very valuable fruits that are used to make jam and compotes.

Nowadays it is much easier to choose shade-tolerant ones for the garden, because varieties are constantly being updated. You just need to choose a product taking into account your wishes. Contact nurseries directly, as markets often sell something completely different from what is stated on the packaging.

Herbaceous shade-tolerant plants for the garden

If your garden mainly consists of shady corners, then this is not a reason to refuse to plant flowers. Perennials include plants that overwinter in the soil for many years, while aboveground part dies every year, but the roots remain alive. The main advantage of shade-tolerant perennial flowers is their decorative foliage.

From early spring, your garden can be decorated with bulbous primroses. At this time, the trees have not yet bloomed their leaves, and light easily penetrates into all corners of the garden. These can be early flowering tulips, crocuses, woodland, hazel grouse, daffodils, and muscari.

Of the perennials that will bloom all summer, we recommend regular peonies (for partial shade) and wild peonies, arum, adonis, bergenia columbine (aquilegia), daylily, and hosts. Also, do not ignore biennial flowers: foxgloves, hollyhocks, forget-me-nots.

Shade-tolerant annuals in the garden

These plants can add variety to any flower bed or flower garden. The number of species and varieties cannot be enumerated. Even for a shady garden you can easily choose about a dozen different annual flowers. Let us give just a few of the most unpretentious and common species as examples.

• Ageratum is a low plant that literally forms a carpet of blue inflorescences; flowering continues from early summer until late autumn. Prefers semi-shaded places.
• Kobeya is an annual vine that weaves a green carpet over the entire surface of the support; large bell-shaped flowers of various shades appear throughout the summer.
• Cosmea is a beautiful annual plant that actively reproduces by self-sowing. It is quite tall (about 1 m) and grows quickly, which allows this plant to fill empty spaces in a short time.
• Levkoy (photo above), plants different sizes depending on the variety with spike-shaped fragrant inflorescences.

Nemesia and mimulus also deserve attention.

Horizontal landscaping of shady areas of the garden

To do this, use shade-tolerant ones (they are also called vines). Don't forget that if you choose perennial species, then they will need strong support, since they gain quite a lot of mass. This is especially true for semi-wood varieties. The most famous is parthenocissus (pictured). The liana grows to a height of up to 15 meters, while it is undemanding to soil and does not require additional care. The only difference is that in a heavily shaded area the leaves may be slightly smaller in size and not as bright.

Quite often used for vertical gardening clematis, but it is suitable for warm climates with mild winters. This is a rather capricious vine; it prefers sunny places, although light shading is also possible. It is also worth noting such plants as kirkazon, wood pliers, and princes.

Shade-tolerant ampelous plants

It’s hard to imagine a gazebo, terrace or patio without beautiful flower bushes hanging their green vines from hanging planters. Shade-tolerant plants for the garden are not numerous in comparison with their sun-loving relatives, but they still exist. In particular, the lobelia, which blooms in many pure shades of blue and of blue color. It will feel quite good in partial shade, the main thing is to provide it fertile soil and regular watering.

Much less common are bakola, dichondra and strange nolina. Despite the complex and unfamiliar names, these plants are quite unpretentious and in a short time form thickets densely strewn with bright flowers.

When choosing ornamental shade-tolerant plants for the garden, do not expect abundant flowering, large and double inflorescences. All of them are valued primarily for the decorative appearance of the leaves.

In any garden there is a shady corner, or even several, that I would like to transform with the help of planting. Shade-tolerant garden plants that do not need sunlight as much as most others are suitable for these purposes.

What plants grow in the shade?

To arrange a shaded area of ​​the garden, you need to know plants that love shade. Many gardeners are interested in whether there is a difference between shade-loving and shade-tolerant plants. There is no difference, we are talking about a group of plants that have enough indirect sun rays, but scattered or reflected sunlight. Shade-tolerant plants for the garden are varied. It can be:

• shrubs;
• flowers;
• climbing plants;
• lawn;
• conifers;
• deciduous;
• fruit plants;
• trees.

Shade-tolerant flowers for the garden

When choosing shade-tolerant flowers for a flower bed, you should take a closer look at the most persistent and beautiful options. In addition, it is important to know about flowering time in order to organize a flower garden that will be decorated with flowers from early spring to late autumn.

Shade-tolerant lawn

As you know, a lawn is an area where grass grows, performing decorative and landscaping functions, or, less commonly, for growing grass as food. A bright green lawn looks very good in combination with other plants. It serves as a contrasting base, but that's not all lawn grass are equally photophilous. When choosing plants that love shade, you need to take care of the lawn, which does not need direct sunlight. There are a huge number of types of lawns, but we will focus on the two most popular.

Shade-tolerant shrubs

Many people use shade-tolerant garden shrubs to decorate their plots, which decorate the space, playing a decorative role, although they can also be functional plants. From the many types of shrubs that love shade, you can choose one that will ideally fit into the overall landscape and decorate it.

1. Shade-tolerant heather plants for the garden will decorate any garden during the flowering period.


2. Barberry. This shrub grows quickly, is not afraid of frost and bears fruit with healthy berries.


3. Forsythia. An unpretentious drought and frost-resistant plant of bright lemon color will decorate any garden. This plant is very bright and accentuated, so it is planted with careful consideration of the neighborhood.


4. Jasmine. beautiful and aromatic plant, which is loved by many gardeners for its unpretentiousness. In addition to decorating an area, jasmine can be used as a tasty and healthy tea additive.


5. Euonymus. Handsome and bright shrub, which looks spectacular not only in summer, but also in winter.


6. This is not just a beautiful, but also a useful plant. One of the peculiarities of cultivation is intolerance to acidic soil, so if the soil in which hazel is planted is still acidic, then sand must be mixed into it.


7. Gooseberry. This shrub feels equally good in the sun and in the shade. Gooseberries do not require abundant watering, so they are often planted in summer cottages.

Shade-tolerant climbing plants

When deciding for yourself which shade-tolerant and climbing plants are suitable for the garden, you should take a closer look at the proposed options.

Shade-tolerant coniferous plants for the garden

When choosing shade-tolerant coniferous plant species, you need to decide on the height and care features. There are several low-growing conifers to watch out for Special attention, because these shade-tolerant garden plants from the order of conifers look very beautiful and unusual, especially if you choose a worthy company for them.

Shade-tolerant trees

Separately, you should consider shade-tolerant trees for the garden, which can serve as a beautiful design for the site, a hedge, or provide additional benefits in the form of fruits. There are many options, and much of the final choice depends purely on personal preferences and climatic conditions, which are not always favorable for the trees you like.

Shade-tolerant deciduous trees

There are a lot of deciduous trees that tolerate shade well, but they are not always appropriate on the site. Before making a choice, it is important to decide on the functions that the trees being planted should perform, their size and care features. Many representatives of deciduous trees are shade-tolerant trees, but we have selected the most unpretentious of them.

Shade-tolerant fruit trees

If fruit plants are shade-tolerant and do not require special care, then they can be planted on a summer cottage, in the shaded part of it, and not worry. Such plants are loved not only for their visual attractiveness, but also for their fruiting. Combining the beauty and usefulness of such trees, you can kill two birds with one stone, which is why owners of private land plots love them. Among fruit trees, which have gained the greatest popularity, you can choose something suitable for yourself.

Shade-tolerant coniferous tree

Knowing which shade-tolerant trees are best suited for the garden, you can create a real piece of Paradise. Among the coniferous options you can choose very interesting ornamental trees, which will make the site unique and unusual.

The dream of any summer resident is a plot on which trees and fruit bushes for the garden will be competently and efficiently distributed, with an optimally selected, comfortable planting site for each of them.

What can you plant in the shade?

It is easiest to identify light-loving crops (of which there are an overwhelming number) on your acres of land. The problem arises with shady areas, where not all fruit trees and shrubs for the garden can grow. Besides, shadow is different!

The shade from the trees is different from the shade on the north side of the house. As you understand, in the second case it is denser. The shadow of one tree is not the same as the dull shadow created by a group of plantings. It can be temporary and light (and many plantings accept it normally), or it can be permanent and dense, creating a huge problem in selection for a low-lit area suitable tree or bush.

You can try to plant light-loving fruit bushes for the garden in a shaded place, but the return from them compared to what is expected will be completely opposite, because the crops will only have to adapt to unfavorable conditions for themselves and simply try to survive in them, not to mention their high productivity.

Shrubs in the shade as decorative garden elements

Shade-loving plants for the garden will enliven shaded places with their foliage, and often attention is attracted not by their flowers, but by their leaves: original, varied, adding decorativeness to the overall appearance. Factors such as diverse (kidney-shaped, lobed, heart-shaped, lanceolate), their unusual texture ( color shades, raised veins, pubescence) and even arrangement on the stem (alternately, not covering or shading each other) are capable of creating an attractive composition in a low-sunny corner of the garden, from which, moreover, it will subsequently be possible to obtain an excellent, high-quality harvest.

The following shade-tolerant fruit trees and garden shrubs are suitable for planting in the shade:

• red, pink, white, black, alpine currants;
• raspberries;
• blackberry;
• black elderberry;
• hazel;
• dogwood;
• viburnum;
• edible honeysuckle;
• barberry;
• gooseberry;
• male derain;
• Apple tree.

Currants grow in the sun and will help in the shade

Naturally, those planted on sunny places Shade-loving fruit bushes for the garden will bear fruit much better, but in the absence of an alternative, these are optimal crops that can grow well in the shade.

Currant is one of the shrubs most adapted for growing in the shade. Unpretentious in care, it reproduces easily and quickly in all its varieties. Large berries You will be pleased with compact bushes of such high-yielding varieties as Pygmy, Rusalka, Yadrenaya.

It is a beautiful tall (about 2 meters) shrub characterized by yellow flowers and graceful leaves. Flowering occurs in May, and in July the crop is already able to please with appetizing-looking red berries, which are actually completely tasteless. Currants are a winter-hardy plant, which can be attributed to the advantage of such a crop.

Shadow protector: black elderberry

Like other shade-tolerant fruit shrubs for the garden, it is an excellent decoration for any site and, in addition, can effectively protect it from pests. It will be very difficult for it to grow in strong shade; the plant will tolerate partial shade calmly. Black shiny fruits remain on the bushes even after the leaves fall. Healing properties, due to the unique chemical composition, possess berries, flowers, leaves and bark of the plant.

Shrub of Life - Honeysuckle

The very interpretation of the name of the culture (“life” and “youth”) indicates the enormous benefits of such a plant. The shrub, whose height can reach 2.5 meters, has yellowish-brown bark and pale green oblong leaves. Not all fruit bushes for the garden are characterized by such vitality; The age of honeysuckle in natural conditions can exceed a hundred years. This plant is simply recommended for growing in dacha area due to its powerful anti-inflammatory properties, choleretic and diuretic effects, as well as the performance protective functions, especially in cases of intoxication of the body. Interestingly, the first pruning of the plant is carried out 5-7 years after planting due to its too slow growth. With such a bush, a plot located in the shade can turn into a real berry conveyor belt; the main thing is to have time to harvest a bountiful harvest!

Shade plants for health

Kalina - beautiful bush, which is pleasant to admire at any time of the year. In summer, the plant pleases the eye with attractive spherical or umbrella-shaped inflorescences with pale pink or snow-white flowers. In autumn, the carved foliage sparkles admiration, playing with different shades of berries hanging on the branches: from juicy orange to rich crimson-red. Viburnum fruits can hang until the snow falls, being especially popular with birds during this period. Beneficial features of this crop are successfully used in folk medicine. Fruit bushes for the garden, in particular, viburnum, will only decorate country cottage area, giving it a touch of aristocratic nobility and ornamental beauty.

Rosehip (most varieties) - also in the summer will delight you with fragrant bright flowers and a swarm of bumblebees useful for the garden; in the fall the plant will give wonderful harvest healthy berries, which in dried form will become a medicinal basis for many medicinal compositions.

Raspberries are tasty and aromatic, a favorite berry of adults and children, the benefits of which are known to everyone. Being a shade-tolerant plant, it is very demanding of the soil in which it grows. The area allocated for its planting should be moderately moist and protected from piercing winds. The varieties most adapted for growing in the shade are Turner, Marlboro, Crimson Mammut. The compatibility of fruit trees and shrubs in the garden should be taken into account when planting raspberries and apple trees nearby. This neighborhood is unprofitable for both. The fast-growing root system of raspberries, located close to the surface, takes everything from the soil nutrients, thereby dooming the fruit neighbor to a hungry existence. The apple tree, in turn, during the period of active development, which coincides with the flowering and fruiting of raspberries, generously shares with the latter the pests present on it, the destruction of which by spraying will cause poisons to reach the plant. ripe berries raspberries

Dogwood and hazel: useful and beautiful

Dogwood is a less common crop, but this in no way detracts from its medicinal and technical properties. Representing a bush or tree, the height of which is about 2.5 meters, it has a well-leafed, compact crown, giving the area in which it grows a neat and well-groomed appearance. The taste of juicy aromatic fruits is sweet, with some pleasant sourness. The plant is not picky about soils, but it bears fruit optimally on well-fertilized light soils. Productivity increases progressively: at the age of 5-10 years the plant can produce up to 25 kg of fruits, at 15-20 years - from 40 to 60 kg, at 25-40 years - up to 100 kg of beautiful high-quality berries.

Common hazel, which is becoming increasingly popular among gardeners due to its tasty fruits, tolerates shade well and grows up to 5 meters in height. Blooming early, before the leaves bloom, it forms graceful earrings at the ends of the shoots, when you look at them, your mood rises in anticipation of the onset of long-awaited warm days.

Barberry for decoration

Barberry, a branched thorny shrub, is characterized by tall growth, but its dwarf varieties are most in demand among gardeners, convenient for harvesting and effectively used as a decorative hedge. The culture is characterized by increased winter hardiness.

Sour berries are most often used in industry. Barberry prefers neutral soils, is characterized by easy survival and rapid growth. Needs periodic pruning. If we take into account the compatibility of fruit trees and shrubs in the garden, then barberry goes well with raspberries and can easily grow next to them.

for shady areas

Gooseberries, moderately demanding on soil, grow well in the shade, are characterized by winter hardiness and high yields. Berries are rich in many beneficial substances.

Blackberries, as well as red rose hips, until a certain time were considered an exclusively light-loving plant. This statement has been refuted experimentally: such crops bear fruit well in semi-shaded places, delighting the consumer with their tasty and healthy fruits.

It is recommended to select fruit trees and shrubs in the garden (you can see photos of them in this article), focusing not only on their agrotechnical characteristics, but also using your own imagination, aimed at creating a beautiful autumn composition that will play with a variety of colors: green, orange, yellow, purple. A bright area will delight with its contrast, giving the gardener great mood and inspiration for the creation of future masterpieces.

We remember from our school biology course that plants vitally need sunlight. Without exposure to light, the process of photosynthesis in the leaves and stems stops, and eventually the plant dies. Therefore, all recommendations for planting vegetables and berries begin, as a rule, with one sentence: “choose a well-lit area with sun.”

But in any dacha there are places where the sun's rays rarely shine. Under the crowns of fruit trees, near a fence, behind a house or behind a bathhouse, there is always an ownerless piece of land where you would like to plant something useful, but it’s in the shade. What to plant in the shade if nothing grows there? It’s not true, some vegetables and shrubs tolerate shade well, grow well and produce crops, despite the meager “light ration”.

Let's say right away that the shadow in southern regions, in the middle zone and in the north - these are different concepts. And if in the south you can grow cucumbers, zucchini, pumpkins and watermelons in partial shade, then in the north you will have to make do with herbs and salads. Here we will consider crops that can easily be planted in shaded areas of the middle zone.

Rhubarb

A versatile vegetable, the acidic stems of which can be used to make anything from soups to desserts. Rhubarb bushes grow well in the shade, if you do not forget about timely watering. If you want to plant rhubarb, it is better to ask your neighbors for part of the rhizome - then the bush will grow faster, gain strength and produce succulent stems. When planting seeds, you will have to wait a year or two until the plant gets stronger.

Salads

Lettuce, Odessa curly and other types of leaf and head lettuce, sorrel, spinach, chard, arugula, watercress, and mustard greens feel great in a shaded garden bed. Perhaps they will not produce such powerful leaves as in the sun, but they will remain tender for a long time, will not become rough, will not taste bitter, and will not bloom for a long time.

Cheremsha

Ramson or bear onion, a plant that combines the taste of garlic and onion, is considered medicinal plant. By adding a couple of wild garlic leaves to your spring salad, you will provide yourself and your family with an additional portion of vitamins. Since in nature wild garlic grows in the forest, under powerful tree crowns, dense shade is its home.

Borago – borage

In the spring, when your cucumbers have not even been planted as seedlings, the aroma and taste of fresh cucumber in the salad will be provided by the leaves of the borage herb.

This plant is not afraid of shading and short-term frosts, is practically not affected by pests and does not cause any trouble in growing. But borage regularly supplies early vitamin greens to the table.

Garlic

For those who are not fond of canning vegetables for the winter, do not like hot sauces, do not dry garlic to make powder, but grow it exclusively as a savory seasoning that does not need much, you can easily plant garlic in the shade under apple trees, plum trees or between currant bushes. The heads may be smaller, but a whole bed will be freed up for more light-loving vegetables.

Greens and herbs

Some spices For example, basil will not survive without the sun, but parsley, celery, cilantro, mint, oregano, lovage, tarragon, lemon balm, and thyme will grow in semi-darkness and will delight you with their aroma. If you decide to plant a “green garden” under apple trees, do not forget to cover the plantings with film while spraying the apple trees with chemicals to prevent poisons from getting on the edible greens.

Beet

Gardeners who grow beets are divided into two categories: some believe that beets should be powerful and large, others prefer small root vegetables, which taste more tender and are more convenient to prepare. If the second position is closer to you, then feel free to plant beets in the shade of trees. Rare sunlight penetrating through the crown will be enough for it, and the root crops will not outgrow. You can also grow root parsley and parsnips in the shade.

Perennial bows

Chives and chives thrive in partial shade and their greens become lush. Chives grow well and in a couple of years can fill all the space allocated for them without your participation. In addition to early greenery, chives produce beautiful lilac flower caps, which delight people and attract insects to the site.

Beans and bush beans

Not all beans and bush beans grow and bear fruit well in the shade, but you can choose shade-loving varieties. It is especially recommended to plant them under apple trees and, after harvesting, leave the tops as green fertilizer to improve and enrich the soil.

Horseradish

Horseradish is the king of shadow. Plant it in the darkest place in the garden, it will still grow and produce an excellent harvest of tender leaves for use in pickling cucumbers.

Berry bushes growing in the shade

Shrubs that naturally grow under the forest canopy tolerate shade well: serviceberry, viburnum, chokeberry (chokeberry), blue honeysuckle. With them, the shady area will turn from a barren place into a real berry conveyor belt - just have time to collect it.

Many rosehips are shade-loving. In the first half of summer you will enjoy their bright fragrant flowers and a cloud of useful bumblebees hovering around, and in the fall you will collect a harvest of vitamin-rich berries for drying.

If you have an unoccupied dark piece of land along the fence, plant fragrant raspberries there - raspberries in the shade will be larger and juicier.

In the south, red and black currants can only be planted in the shade. Naturally accustomed to the humidity of swamps, currants will not tolerate southern drought if they grow in the sun. In the middle zone, currants (especially red ones) can also grow in the shade, but the berries will ripen later.

Use the shaded areas of your garden to the maximum, do not be upset if you fail to succeed in one of the recommended shade-loving vegetables - there are many options, and one of them will definitely be yours.

We wish you success and great harvests!

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