Go to garden tours, plant sales, botanical gardens – the list is endless. There are specialty growers and plant societies that can be tapped into for information and can be a valuable resource for expanding your plant collection. Browsing the glossy magazines is a start in the right direction but if you want to get jazzed about a particular plant, get out and experience it.
One favorite perennial for the shade garden is Epimediums. A few features worth mentioning - delicate low-growing foliage, a wide variety of blossom colors and deer typically won’t eat them. While you can find a few different types at local nurseries, this is where a specialty grower is a must. One of the country’s most extensive collections is very close by in Hubbardston, MA. (Garden Vision Epimediums/Phone: (978) 249-3863) Mainly done by mail-order, Garden Vision has open garden days in the spring when you can visit, purchase and enjoy the collection first-hand.
Expand your plant palette by discovering the people that love them! It’s bound to be contagious.
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Top photo taken at Garden Vision Epimediums in Hubbardston, MA
Other photos display our own shade garden collection immersed in some other favorite shade-loving plants.
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