Choosing plants with good foliage carries the shade garden beyond bloom - accenting contrasts in shape, texture and color. A shady nook aside this home invites closer viewing throughout the seasons.
The tapestry includes Rosa glauca, Cornus alba Argenteo Marginata, Callicarpa bodinieri Profusion, Juniperus squamata Blue Star, Carex buchanii, Persicaria amplexicaulis Summer Dance, Nicotiana langsdorfii, Anemone x hybrida, Honorine Jobert, Aster laterflorous Lady in Black, Heuchera sanguinea Stormy Seas and H. americana Green Spice, Geranium phaeum Samobor, Dicentra spectabilis Alba and D. formosa, Sedum Vera Jameson and Lysimachia nummularia Aurea.
Fall was the garden's first season. In the following spring - Fritterlaria melagris and Scilla siberica Spring Beauty. Later, Allium christophii and A. karataviense come up by the coral bells. In the autumn, Colchicum flowers brilliantly under Beautyberry.
