Usually the typical mountain (and therefore suitable for the rock garden plants) require a full sun location. However, there are also locations in the mountains that are only partially or almost never exposed to the sun. This means that rock gardens with the right plants can also be realized in semi-shady or even shady locations.
Shrubs grow well in partial shade
Suitable rock garden plants for partially shaded locations
The selection of rock garden plants suitable for partial shade or even full shade is very large. In particular, these plants, which are native to the mountains of this earth, feel particularly at home in such a location:
- Amur Adonis
- Himalayan man shield
- Carpathian foam cress
- Dwarf goat's beard or small goat's beard
- Brown Spleenwort
- Dwarf spiers
- Gold Cushion Bellflower
- Variegated Birdsfoot Sedge
- gold droplets
- Yellow Corydalis
- Wall Cinnamon
- Dwarf Bleeding Heart
- White hollyhock
- bitter flower
- forest poppies
- Pyrenean rock plate
- Various types of saxifrage (e.g. moss saxifrage, hanging saxifrage… )
- porcelain flowers
- checkerberry
Rock garden plants for planting under trees
On the other hand, the following species thrive in the vicinity of woody plants - where you not only have to pay attention to the lighting conditions but also to the competitive pressure:
- ox eye
- Forest Anemone
- Perennial Leadwort
- Syrian ragweed
- Blood Cranesbill
- Caucasus cranesbill
tips
Not all of the species mentioned are hardy. So pay attention to whether winter protection might be necessary in winter.