Our Dry Shade Garden is a perfect choice for a full-shade or partially shaded garden containing plants that are more tolerant of medium-dry sites or life under pines. Full shade means no direct sun to up to about 3 hours of direct sun in midsummer. Part shade means less than 6 hours of sun per day. For a mix that is more suited to rich soils and contains some of our more exotic species, try the Woodland Shade kit. As with all native plants, this mix supports birds and pollinators.
A typical kit will contain approximately the mix of plants below, but one way we keep the per-plant costs low on garden kits is by reserving the right to substitute plants based on our current inventory. A kit will contain 2 to 4 of each species. If you need specific plants for your garden goals, consider supplementing your garden kit with quarts or a plug flat of your favorite shade plant.
- American Spikenard or Canadian Milkvetch
- Thimbleweed or Pearly Everlasting
- Hairy Beardtongue
- Canadian Hawkweed or Bluestem Goldenrod
- Bigleaf Aster
- Columbine
- Northern Heartleaf Aster or Calico Aster
- Bottlebrush Grass
- Harebell
- Rock Harlequin
- Pennsylvania or Ivory Sedge
- Canada Mayflower, Bluebead Lily, or Starflower
This economical kit includes 38 plugs that fill 38 square feet at 1-foot spacing - a 4'x9.5' bed; or up to 86 square feet at 1.5 sq. ft. spacing - a 6'x14' bed.
Each kit comes with a planting guide and the plants are individually tagged for identification and all tags include height so you can alter the layout to suit your space.
*Note that the picture is an example of plants in a plug tray garden kit. This actual mix will differ from the picture.
