![]() Lily-of-the-valley – Known for its fragrant white flowers, lily-of-the-valley brightens up shady areas of the landscape. The plant has star-shaped whorls of leaves with lacy, white flowers, adding interesting texture to shady areas of the garden. Sweet woodruff – Sweet woodruff is yet another commonly used shade ground cover as well as a fragrant one. While ajuga ground cover plants like fairly moist soil, they’re adaptable to many other soil types and will even tolerate a little drought. Bluish to purple blooms add to its charm in spring. As ground covers for shade go, pachysandra is perfect for these areas because it can cover the ground under the bushes and prevent weeds and other things from growing, giving your foundation garden a neat look.Ījuga – A great creeping evergreen plant that quickly fills in empty areas is ajuga. These are great as a filler for foundation gardens that include larger bushes. Pachysandra reaches up to a foot (0.5 m.) in height and has large, dark green leaves. Pachysandra – Another popular shade ground cover is pachysandra. Be careful with periwinkle, however, as it tends to take over the area it is in quite rapidly. Periwinkle is a great hardy shade ground cover and actually has pretty light blue or lilac-colored flowers. Periwinkle – If you have a hilly area around some trees, such as on the bank between your yard and your neighbor’s, you can plant something like periwinkle. They look good in foundation gardens, but they also look good when well placed around trees. Hosta plants are a great ground cover for shade that can handle shade so long as the soil is well-drained. Hosta – One of the most popular shade ground covers is the hostas. Below are some common suggestions to consider. There are some great ground covers for shade. ![]() You just have to put your imagination cap on and decide exactly what you want to do with those areas. ![]() There are many different ground covers for shade areas in your yard. You can find hardy shade ground cover for those areas in your yard that are somewhat blank and shady. My Vinca Minor loves the sun, and is trying to take over in my now sunny front yard edible garden, where I had planted it decades ago under a large shade tree that is now gone.Your garden doesn’t have to just be around the foundation of your home or out in direct sunlight. Our soil has a lot of clay, as we are across the street from a very ancient creek that did flood every hundred years or so. But it would be wonderful to have pretty green ground cover (flowers an added bonus!) that grows happily in the dry shade around my camellias and pittosporums and hardy rose that do fine with no or hardly any summer water. I am growing lots of edibles, and some favorite flowers who need Summer water. I would love to hear about healthy ground covers that do well in DRY SHADE, as it is unsustainable to have to irrigate all of my garden. I live in Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area, and we have very dry Summers, and mostly only rain in the Winter. ![]() Our activities currently include: Biological Plant Nursery, Educational Courses, Local Land Stewardship, Polyculture Research, Market Gardening, and Consultancy and Design. Growing, selling and promoting the use of plants and plant communities that have high ecological and nutritional value Practicing an open source policy, whereby we disseminate our results freely and share all aspects of our work Providing consultancy and design for landowners and farmers across Europe Providing quality education and training to aspiring growers and landscapers Providing working examples of our designs at our sites open for the public to visit Researching, designing and implementing systems on the ground We aim to develop and promote practices that provide nutritious affordable food while enhancing biodiversity and work to achieve this by: Balkan Ecology Project is a family project run by myself, Sophie and our two boys Dylan and Archie, and supported by the amazing volunteers we have hosted here over the years. Prior to that, I worked as a freelance Arborist in the UK for 15 years. Originally from the UK I moved over to Bulgaria with my family 12 years ago and set up the Balkan Ecology Project.
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