Shady Oasis Garden Designs for the home garden, Landscaping designs
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.