Shade Gardening: Landscaping the north side, 1 by doss

doss wrote:
My astilbes are different heights and different colors. That means that they bloom at different times. If you want a massive bloom use the same type. White astilbe can really echo the variegated white and green or blue hostas. I do love some color in a white garden though. Just touches make quite a difference - perhaps hostas with purple flowers?

Here's an example. These are daylilies of course - but look at the photo and then put your hand over the color and look again. You can decide whether you want color in your white garden by seeing which you like better.

By the way, if you can grow nandina some of the dwarf highly colored cultivars look great in a sun/shade garden.