Landscape Garden Ideas - Flowering Shrubs for Shade 

Oh girl, we need to talk about Abelia! Hands down favorite shrub in my flower beds and boarders. I have 3 “Canyon Creek” I planted 3 years ago. Loved them so much, went crazy a bought “Ruby Anniversary “, “Rose Creek”, “Kaleidoscope “ the very next year and this year 2 “Raspberry Perfection” and “Tres Amigos”. The flower scent is intoxicating. Bees and butterflies galore. Semi evergreen for me here in zone 7b. Blooms from June till a hard frost shuts them down in January. The leaves are constantly changing color on all of these except for “Ruby Anniversary “ which stays more green. Love these shrubs! I grow all of mine in full sun, in clay. As for the Sweetshrub, I have “Aphrodite” and “Venus”. Beautiful flowers, fast growing, does well in clay. Great fragrance. Then we have to talk about Viburnum. I also have both “Spice Girl” and “Spice Baby” as well as “Spring Bouquet “, “Sparkling Pink Champagne “ and “Shades of Pink”. You are right on point for the scent of “Spice Girl” and “Spice Baby “. Wish I could bottle that fragrance. If you are able to grow Mountain Laurel…do it. I have 2 of “Minuet” and 1 of “ Carousel”. They are evergreen for me here and put on a huge color show. One other shrub you should look at is “Pieris Japonica” or also known as “Andromeda “. I have “Katsura”, “Flaming Silver” and “Passion Party Pink Frost”. Evergreen for me here. Leaves change colors , flowers are small but so many cover the plant to the point you almost do not see the leaves. Thanks for all your videos. Love your channel.

I just found your channel. So I've been binge watching 😂. So glad to have found you

Thank. Thank you, thank you! As a new gardener, I am a sponge, and I am soaking up all your plant knowledge! Thank you for teaching a newbie in zone 5b!

I have the lowscape mound aronia and love it. I had to put mine in planters because rabbits also nibbled them to barely anything. They have thrived in the planters.

These shade videos are awesome! Thank you!

Great shade series. Thank you Michelle!!

The Korean Spice Viburnum is my favorite shrub because of the scent. It is so enticing, and I have it by a bedroom window where the breeze will send it into the house!

Thanks,Michelle. I’m loving this series. I have a shady area in my garden that I’m planning on planting up this season so this has been a great help.

I have a sweetshrub in S.C. 8a. I've never had any pests or diseases on it. It is slightly fragrant, but it suckers promiscuously 😊

Thank you much for sharing another great video

Love this series since I plan on expanding my shade garden. Mountain Laurel is wild in our forests in Pennsylvania.

Oh girl, I love your passion for gardening! We definitely need to see pictures please🌞🪴🌺🌻🌸🌼🌹🌳

Love your videos. My yard is mostly shade, so your video is extremely helpful.

This series has been great, Michelle. I grow Little Henry and Showoff Forsythia. I love them both and do nothing to them. Mountain Laurel grows wild here. The next town over, Pineville, Ky, has the Mountain Laurel Festival each year. Enjoy your visit to Seattle!

Thank you….another wonderful and informative video! I’m so inspired!

Thanks for all the information…and I love your enthusiasm!

Thank you for the series - I'm lovin' it! :)

Great shrub selection!

Love love love your videos!! Will you please go over how to prepare soil for a new bed, especially with clay soil.

Thanks and have a great time in Seattle.

This is a great series! You've shown several that I haven't seen. I'm in 6a and am in love with encore azaleas. I have Starburst and it grows great for me here. So many wonderful plants and not enough space for all of them, lol.

Great series! Thank You❣️

I have a Sweetshrub in zone 8b, SW Washington. It has pretty but small burgundy flowers growing in the dappled shade of a huge Oregon White Oak. It blooms in mid to late spring. It is ok and interesting because it is not commonly planted and gardeners are surprised to see it here.

Not sure about California sweetshrub, but the Eastern, aka Carolina Allspice (Calycanthus floridus) is zone 4-9, very hardy, will bloom in part shade or full sun. It can grow over 9 ft tall. PW 'Aphrodite' is a cross between the Western and Chinese Calycanthus.

Great job!

I do love your channel, and all the info you are sharing. FYI, it’s Abelia with a long e as in a-bee-lia. Accent on bee. That is, unless it’s pronounced differently in Illinois.

Michelle, I have had a PW Aphrodite sweetshrub for about 3 seasons. It was an end of season clearance plant. I had never seen it before so I took a chance. I do like it a lot. It is a fast grower, but mine does not have a strong fragrance. I have since learned you should choose a plant in bloom so you get one that does have a fragrance. I am zone 6 in Illiinois.

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Great video, im going to try and plant some of these shrubs. I have to plant all my hydrangea in full shade. They will burn up where i live in NE Oklahoma ❤❤❤❤

I have some great mountain laurels here in zone 6a massachusetts. they survive nor easter snow storms, burried in snow, and last year we had an artice blast of -17 . they came right back no problem. the smaller of the mountain laurels is only semi-evergreen ( kalmia Latifolia Minuet BTW, my favorite of the laurels in my yard). I dont think the 5 degree difference between us is going to make a difference long term for you if you want one. give it some protection the first winter you have it in the ground and It will be good to go after.

I loved my Little Henry everything about it with the blooms and the green foliage and the beautiful fall leaves but the suckers were unbelievable. I never hear anyone ever talk about the suckers with this shrub so I don't know if there is something unique in our environment but I Had to pay to have the both dug up and removed.

Thanks for sharing

Thank you!

Oh coffee and your video............what more could I ask for??? Well....................... lolol

I love your videos. Have you ever grown black lace elderberry.

New viewer here and I have really enjoyed your videos, especially this shade series. I am surprised you promote the Kerria Japonica to be planted in the woods. You even warn about the suckers from this shrub. How do you think we have invasive bush honeysuckle? Non-native plants/shrubs that grow easily in poor conditions and spread readily sounds like the makings of an invasive species. Please reconsider.

Can I grow Alice Qurcifolia in full shade? Oak leaf Hydrangea

What shrub works in dry shade?. I have tall cedars that I would like to add color.

Only one for zone 3 😂😅

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Fabulous shade series - thank you!!!