Add a bit of brightness to a shady yard.

Containers offer a quick and easy way to brighten up a shady yard.

All you need are the right shade-loving plants to fill your pots.

white Caladium, orange New Guinea Impatiens, coleus

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Use these recipes to create the best shade container combinations that have similar moisture and light requirements.

Create Architectural Interest

Use plant forms tocreate architectural interestwhendesigning your landscape.

Here, afull-moon maplemakes a wonderful contrast against mounding plants and its square container.

container garden for shade letters

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The dark coleus contrasts with the bright caladium that lights up the center of a pot.

Here, sleek, shiny pots draw your eye up to a bonanza of color and texture.

Here, the black pots look great against bold, bright colors.

shade container garden of coleus and Caladium letters

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If you don’t want to growtropical plantslike these elephant’s ears, groweasy houseplantsin the shade instead.

Here, a single hosta in a classic container makes a statement all its own.

you’re able to do the same thing with your container gardens.

container garden for shade letters

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Here, bright begonias enliven a pot ofherbs for the kitchenand create repeated points of color.

You cancreate a vertical gardenlike this anywherefrom a wall to a gate or even a doorway.

Here, a fern is used to add height and extra interest.

container garden for shade letters

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Each container complements its contents perfectly.

Trygrowing your own salad greens in containers.

Consider placing a planter on a stand for extra height.

container garden selection for shade letters

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The metal container is unusual enough that it needs little embellishment, so white flowers are a perfect addition.

The brightcaladium leavesare a perfect contrast to bold impatiens and vinca blooms.

Add even more interest to your container by includingplantings that attract butterflies.

Potted Geranium, Nandina, Bowles, Cerex letters

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Here, this grouping stands out with itsrepetition of redsfrom thecoleusandimpatiensthat are contrasted with a white-variegatedcaladium.

Mix and match different plant types for high-impact combinations that are perfect forcreating an easy cottage gardenlook.

Perennial container gardens look great with their gorgeous autumn colors.

concrete paver planters letters

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Here, a yellowcorydaliswill continue to bloom from spring to the first fall frost.

In fact, you’re free to grow colorful plants anywhere.

The latestshade garden design ideasare filled with gorgeous plant varieties.

container garden featuring variegated Hosta

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This planting relies on shimmering white with a touch of pink to stand out from its surroundings.

This collection of baskets is a great way to add an extra dose of color to a garage.

A.Tuberous begonia(Begonia’Nonstop Apricot'): 2

B. Tuberous begonia (B.

Plants rosemary topiary with dragon wing begonias letters

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‘Nonstop Bright Red’): 2

C. Tuberous begonia (B. A.Caladium’Frieda Hemple': 1

B.Begonia’Victory Green Leaf White': 2

C.Ivy(Hedera helix’Duckfoot'): 3

pink double impatiens in wire moss basket at garden letters

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Potted plants reiger begonias with fern and fuchsia letters

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striped planter purple oxalis pink begonia letters

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Container garden with Perilla ‘Magilla’ letters

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Container garden of Yellow Begonia, Pink Impatients letters

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large container of red impatiens and begonias letters

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White Impatiens In Garden Ornament Antique Top letters

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flowers in rustic container letters

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Candidum and flowers in pot letters

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white Caladium, orange New Guinea Impatiens, coleus letters

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Container plants with green and pink variety letters

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Container shade garden with Corydalis lutea letters

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flowers in multiple planters letters

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garden with caladium, cosmos, lamium, begonias letters

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3 Begonia Baskets On Wall letters

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container garden with Caladium, Begonia, ivy letters

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