Design Lessons from a Minnesota Shade Garden - Part 5

'Limon' jewels of opar offers wonderfully bright foliage. It's an ideal contrast for blue flowers such as this balloon flower. Consider pairing it with campanula, catmint, or spiderwort.

Combine Annuals and Perennials

Around the front of her house, Jane uses containers to decorate the base of a pondless waterfall. Purple and burgundy foliage tie the plantings to her backyard and offers plenty of streetside drama.

Add Drama with Purple Foliage

Purple sugarcane, an interesting and uncommon annual, gives this planter of dusty miller, bacopa, and purple 'Magilla' perilla a fireworks effect.

Test Garden Tip: Use grasses or similar plants such as New Zealand flax, lilyturf, and sedges if you can't find sugarcane in your area.

Overview

You don't need a large space to create a lush landscape. Jane's garden sits on an average-size lot in suburban Minnesota.

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