- Plant community in light shade
- Attractive color accents
- Spring bloomers that thrive in the shade of the hydrangea
- Underplant hydrangea with barberries
Hydrangeas are particularly popular under large trees and enchant garden corners where almost nothing else thrives with their charm. Over the years, the hydrangea grows into stately bushes. In order to keep the shade bed attractive, we recommend planting the hydrangea under with shade-loving perennials.
Not many plants thrive in the shade of the hydrangea
Plant community in light shade
Shaded beds are very attractive if you enhance the magic of the changing light effects with different leaf shapes. Hostas with their diverse shapes and leaf colors are particularly beautiful here. In old cottage gardens, the hydrangea is often underplanted with ferns, whose bizarre structures form an interesting contrast to the large foliage of the hydrangea. The lady's mantle is also very attractive, on the leaves of which the dew collects in the morning and glitters in the light of the first rays of the sun.
Attractive color accents
Hydrangeas inspire garden lovers with their color spectrum, which ranges from white to pink and red to violet and blue. Underplant a white-flowered hydrangea with colorful primroses and set colorful accents. A perennial that does well in the shade and under hydrangeas is the ragwort with its bright orange flowers. These harmonize wonderfully with almost green or white flowering hydrangea species. Since the ragwort can grow up to a meter high, the hydrangea should already have reached a proud size.
Spring bloomers that thrive in the shade of the hydrangea
Lily of the valley planted under hydrangeas form dense carpets. The hardy onion plants multiply by themselves and enchant in spring with their delicate flowers and the fine fragrance.
Underplant hydrangea with barberries
When it rains, the large flower balls of the hydrangea literally soak up water and the branches threaten to break under this load. An underplanting with barberries has proven itself here, since the bush, which is armed with leaf thorns, is an excellent support for the hydrangea.
tips
Improve the soil in the shade bed with leaf humus. In the vicinity of buildings in particular, there is a lack of natural leaf fall and the soil needs regular loosening with organic substances.