Brighten up the darkest corners of your garden with these shade-loving bushes.
Enter these striking shrubs that’ll brighten up the darkest corners of your garden.
Most hydrangea varieties will thrive in partial shadeespecially if they’re in the shade in the afternoon.
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For a hydrangea that works in full shade, consider the oakleaf varieties.
Sarcococca
Need a shrub that thrives on a little neglect?
Sarcococca may be your jam.
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The glossiness of the leaves also adds a little pizazz to darker areas."
Sarcococca produces tiny white flowers in the early spring.
But most azaleas have leaves that fall (and often, turn vibrant colors) in the autumn.
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“While everything else is sleeping, camellia love to pop with color,” Hogan says.
“Their unique bloom time and range of colors gives lots of flexibility for landscape design.”
“Its bamboo-esque leaves look particularly at home in tropical or Asian gardens.”
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It also produces berries later in the year.
Holly plants are a popular evergreen, with those holiday-perfect red berries appearing in late fall and winter.
Beautyberry
This hardy shrub is aptly named for the vibrant (and edible) berries it produces.
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“Beautyberry is a great shade-tolerant shrub, native throughout the Southeast,” Lenhart says.
“It produces vibrant magenta berries that are a hit with local wildlife.
I have it at my home in Houston, and its doing great with virtually zero attention.”
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The mountain laurel offers you gorgeous evergreen foliage and pink or white blooms in the late spring.
It actually prefers partial shade, rather than just tolerating it.
Be sure to check into the variety before you plantsome can grow up to 60 feet tall!
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In either case, moving the shrub to a sunnier or less sunny spot is the best option.
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