Shady Oasis garden, a woodland wildflower retreat
Gardening Hints
- Plant near the brightest edge of a high canaopy of deciduous trees protected from the hot afternoon sun.
- Zone 4 gardeners can have this garden by simply subsituting the Chelone obliqua with another Physostegia or Astilbe.
- Adequate moisture is the key to success in a woodland garden. Drip irrigation and biannual additions of topdressings such as leaf mulch and compost are recommended.
- You can keep the Polemonim or Jacobs ladder from spreading by removing the flower stalks before they set seed.

Shady Oasis Garden Design;
A Aquilegia ‘blue bird’
B Aquilegia ‘cardinal’
C Aquilegia “nana alba’
D Aruncus dioicus
E Astilbe chin. Var. taquetii
F Astilbe ostrich plume
G Chelone obliqua
H Heuchera ‘bresssingham hybirds’
I Lamium ‘white Nancy’
J Monarda’marshall’s delight’
K Physostegia ‘rosea’
L Polemonium ‘heavenly habit’
M Tradescantia virginiana
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