If you’re like me, finding the right plants for those shady spots in your garden can be tough, especially in zone 7. Let me walk you through some of my favorites that flourish beautifully, even without much sunlight.
1. Evergreen Bushes: Year-Round Beauty
For year-round greenery, evergreen bushes are a fantastic choice, with their evergreen leaves and stunning spring blooms lighting up any shade garden.
A few relevant products:
- Shade Enhancer: Nourish your evergreen bushes with this shade-loving plant fertilizer for vibrant, lush growth.
- Plant Blanket: Enhance soil moisture retention and acidity with this mulch, perfect for your evergreen bush garden.
- Shrub Trimmers: Keep your evergreen bushes neat and healthy with these durable, easy-to-use pruning shears.
2. Spotted Leaf: An Unusual Touch
For something a little different, try spotted leaf. With its speckled leaves and early spring flowers, it’s a unique plant that’s surprisingly easy to care for in the shade.
A few helpful options:
- Natural Shade Plant Booster: Supercharge spotted leaf growth with a specialized booster for vibrant blooms and healthy leaves.
- Garden Comfort Seat: Comfortably tend to your spotted leaf with a garden kneeler that doubles as a seat.
- Stylish Plant Tags: Easily label your unique spotted leaf with these stylish plant tags for organized and beautiful gardens.
3. Loveheart: A Symbol of Affection
The delicate heart-shaped blooms of lovehearts are like little love notes scattered throughout my garden, and they thrive in those tricky shady spots.
Products that could assist:
- Collection of Shade-Loving Seeds: Grow a thriving garden in shady spots with these easy-to-plant shade-loving perennial seeds.
- Loveheart Plant Food: Boost your lovehearts with this gentle yet effective plant food for lush, vibrant growth.
- Designer Earth Cover: Enhance your garden’s beauty while retaining moisture with decorative mulch for shaded areas.
4. Spotted Wonder: A Hidden Treasure
The spotted wonder is an underappreciated gem in the shade, with its exotic, spotted flowers that always catch the eye and add intrigue to garden nooks.
A few suggestions:
- Shade-Loving Pods: Enhance your shade garden with easy-to-plant bulbs that thrive and bloom beautifully in low light.
- Ambient Garden Lights: Add ambiance to your garden with solar-powered lights that highlight your plants at night.
- Plant Nameplates: Organize your garden by labeling your toad lilies with stylish plant markers for easy identification.
5. Featherflower: Delicate Beauty
Featherflowers are perfect for adding a soft, feathery texture to your garden. Their plume-like flowers add an elegant touch that flourishes without direct sunlight.
Possibly helpful picks:
- Shade Garden Blend: Boost your Featherflower’s growth with this nutrient-rich soil blend for shady areas.
- Flower Power: Boost your Featherflower blooms with this fertilizer crafted for perennial plants.
- Earth Blanket: Keep your Featherflower hydrated and healthy with this moisture-retentive mulch for shady gardens.
6. Brighten Your Garden with Sunburst Bells
Sunburst Bells are my go-to for splashes of bright color in my shady spots. Their rosy foliage and delicate blooms stand out without needing much sun.
Some ideas to consider:
- Sunburst Bell Plant Seeds: Transform shady areas with vibrant Sunburst Bells and watch your garden spring to life with color.
- Natural Potting Soil: Boost Sunburst Bell growth with nutrient-rich soil that ensures a thriving and colorful display.
- Delicate Garden Trowel: Plant Sunburst Bells easily with this durable trowel, designed for precise garden tasks.
7. Autumn Windflower for Late-Season Blooms
When most plants are winding down, autumn windflowers are just getting started, offering gorgeous blooms well into fall in shady spots.
Explore these options:
- Flower Boost: Boost your autumn windflowers with nutrient-rich fertilizer for vibrant fall blooms.
- Shaded Garden Blend: Enhance growth with this ideal soil mix for shade-loving autumn windflowers in zone 7.
- Bloom Supports: Support your tall anemone blooms with sturdy stakes, ensuring they grow upright.
8. Snowdrop: Early Risers
I adore snowdrops for their early blooms, often one of the first hints of spring in my garden. They’re tough, reliable, and perfect for those shaded spots.
These products might help:
- Snowdrop Seeds: Start your garden early with these reliable snowdrop seeds, perfect for shaded spots.
- Handy Garden Set: Equip yourself with this durable garden shovel set for effortless planting in shaded areas.
- Flower Bloom: Enhance your snowdrops’ growth with this organic fertilizer, designed for vibrant early blooms.
9. Bellflower for Height
Tall and grand, bellflowers add height and sophistication to any shaded garden corner, and their bell-shaped flowers always get people talking.
Might be a good match:
- Bellflower Seeds: Transform shady areas with bellflower seeds; delight in stunning blooms season after season.
- Elegant Plant Supports: Support your tall bellflowers with these durable stakes, ensuring they stand upright with elegance.
- Natural Plant Food: Boost bellflower growth in the shade with this eco-friendly fertilizer for vibrant, healthy blooms.
10. Earth Orchids for a Tropical Feel
If you’re dreaming of a tropical feel, earth orchids can bring that exotic touch to your zone 7 shade garden, and they’re simpler to care for than you’d think!
These products might be useful:
- Special Orchid Soil: Enhance your earth orchids with this specialized soil for optimal growth and vibrant blooms.
- Shade Nourishment: Provide essential nutrients with this balanced nourishment for your shade plants, boosting their health and color.
- Orchid Pot: Choose this stylish pot with drainage for healthy watering and a chic display of your orchids.
11. Cold-Weather Bloomer: Year-Round Charm
For year-round charm, cold-weather bloomers keep my garden lively with their wide green leaves and delicate pink flowers, flourishing even in deep shade.
You might give these a try:
- Cold-Weather Bloomer Seeds: Cultivate vibrant cold-weather bloomers in your garden, adding a splash of color to shaded areas.
- Shade Plant Boost: Boost your cold-weather bloomers’ growth with this fertilizer, perfect for maintaining lush, healthy leaves.
- Showcase Pots: Enhance garden aesthetics with stylish pots, ideal for displaying your winter begonias.
12. Spotted Leaf Plant: Bold and Striking
The spotted leaf plant features large leaves and striking yellow flowers, providing a bold texture and color contrast in the shade that’s hard to miss.
Consider these options:
- Shade Garden Boost: Supercharge your spotted leaf plant’s growth with this blend designed for shade-loving flora.
- Chic Planters: Enhance your garden’s appeal with stylish planters perfect for spotted leaf plants.
- Shade Plant Base: Improve soil conditions for spotted leaf plant with this specialized shade plant soil mix.
13. Sweetspire for Scent
For a fragrant garden, sweetspire offers scented blooms and brilliant fall color even in the shade. It’s a treat for the senses!
Items that may come in handy:
- Sweetspire Sprout: Enhance your garden with a beautiful Sweetspire that offers enchanting fragrance and foliage.
- Flowering Boost: Boost the growth of your sweetspire with nutrient-rich organic fertilizer designed for flowering shrubs.
- Comfort Garden Gloves: Protect your hands while tending to your sweetspire with these durable gardening gloves.
14. The Ageless Beauty of Ferns
Filling a shady corner with Ethereal Ferns adds a touch of magic and elegance. Their unique colors and textures create a serene retreat that always wows guests.
Some handy options:
- Ethereal Fern Live Plant: Enhance your garden’s elegance with live Ethereal ferns, ideal for those shady nooks.
- Natural Potting Soil for Ferns: Nurture your ferns with premium, natural soil crafted to promote healthy growth.
- Elegant Planters for Shady Gardens: Add style to your garden with decorative planters perfect for shade-loving ferns.
15. Hostas: A Must-Have for Shady Gardens
Every zone 7 shade garden could use a touch of hostas. They need so little care, and their lush leaves add a classic charm that I can never get enough of.
You might like:
- Verdant Leaf Seed Packets: Bring lush greenery to your garden effortlessly with these easy-to-grow verdant leaf seeds, perfect for those tricky shady spots!
- Ornate Garden Stones: Elevate your verdant leaf garden with these stylish ornate garden stones, creating effortlessly beautiful borders.
- Shade-Enhancing Garden Soil: Give your verdant leaf plants a boost with this premium soil blend, specially formulated for shade-loving plants to nourish your garden today.
16. Forget-Me-Nots for Lushness
With its heart-shaped leaves and tiny blue flowers, forget-me-nots provide beautiful ground cover in shaded areas, making garden beds look lush and full.
A few things you might like:
- Natural Shade Garden Blend: Enhance your forget-me-nots’ growth with nutrient-rich soil designed for shaded areas.
- Stylish Garden Border: Create a tidy, structured look around your forget-me-nots with stylish garden edging.
- Self Water Kit: Ensure consistent watering for lush forget-me-not growth with an easy-to-install irrigation kit.
17. Snowball Bushes for a Classic Look
In zone 7, snowball bushes are essential for anyone wanting to add that classic, full look to their garden. Their large blooms are a showstopper in any shaded spot.
May just do the trick:
- Snowball Booster: Amplify your snowball bushes’ blooms with this specialized booster, ensuring lively colors and healthy growth.
- Refined Garden Shears: Keep your snowball bushes neatly trimmed with these precision garden shears, perfect for maintaining lush shrubs.
- Guide to Shaded Gardens: Explore the best ways to manage shaded gardens, enhancing your snowball planting strategies.
18. Dayflower: Easy and Colorful
Don’t let the name fool you; dayflowers are lovely, low-maintenance plants that bring a splash of color to shady garden patches.
A few choices to try:
- Shade Garden Flower Seeds: Enhance your garden with dayflower seeds for vibrant blooms in shaded areas that are easy to plant.
- Natural Plant Food for Shade: Boost the growth of your dayflower with natural plant food designed for shade dwellers.
- Border Pots: Add charm with stylish pots to showcase your dayflower’s colorful appeal in any garden.
