When the garden-maker knows what shrubs and flowers to plant in shaded places no longer will there be dark, bare and unattractive spots to 
mar the landscape of the home. 
Flowers and Shrubs for Shaded Places 
WHAT TO GROW ALONG THE NORTH WALL IN THE TREE-SHADED COR¬ 
NER OR IN THOSE SUNLESS PLACES THAT EXIST ABOUT EVERY HOME 
by Ida D. Bennett 
Photographs by Thomas W. Sears and others 
T HE garden-maker or lover of plants and flowers has often to 
meet the problem of planting for shaded places, especially 
if the area before him is a limited one, and an abundance of sun¬ 
shine cannot reach all its nooks and corners. The list of plants 
which require or prefer complete shade is not large, but there are 
many which do well in partial shade. 
SHRUBS 
Generally speaking, few shrubs or dwarf trees thrive as well 
in shaded positions as in open ones, yet almost any hardy plant 
suited to the locality in which it is grown will do well on the north 
side of a building or fence, or under trees where the air and sun¬ 
shine from east or west is not entirely intercepted, or where the 
branches of the trees do not overhang it. 
A high fence or wall often proves a decided advantage as it 
protects the wood of the shrub from the winter sun which often 
proves more injurious than the cold, in which connection it may 
be noted that the pressing of large shrubs or small trees about the 
base of evergreens or soft maples which have been trimmed high 
is of protective advantage to these trees. 
One of the most valuable acquisitions to the list of hardy 
flowering shrubs appears in the new “Snowball” Hydrangea 
( H. arborescens sterelis), a variety differing markedly from the 
well known H. paniculata grandiflora in its greater freedom of 
bloom, whiteness of the flower, quality of foliage and the fact 
that it is in bloom practically all summer. It requires more 
shade than the older form. Any good soil containing an appre¬ 
ciable amount of humus will grow it successfully if well enriched 
with barnyard manure, and kept in a moist, though not wet 
condition during the growing and blooming period. Less exact¬ 
ing as to soil and moisture, and succeeding well under the 
shade of trees, is the Snow Berry ( Symphoricarpos racemosus) 
and the Indian Currant {S. vulgaris). 
Some of the Snowballs ( Viburnum) can be depended upon to 
give good results in shady places, and the Mahonia (especially Ber¬ 
ber is Hid]olia) is an evergreen-leaved shrub most at home in shaded 
positions and a light dry soil. The leaves of this shrub are espe¬ 
cially beautiful for table decoration. 
The Golden Chain ( Cytisus ) is a charming small tree clothed 
in June with long racemes of golden blossoms, which finds its 
most congenial habitat in a cool and shady spot. It is an 
especially good tree for town gardens. Dogwood delights in 
the presence of tall trees, whose branches grow high above its 
head, as every one who has seen it in springtime well knows. 
The Wintersweet ( Calycanthus fragrans) does well in shaded 
places and bears its fragrant curious brownish yellow, purple- 
streaked flowers in June and at intervals thereafter. The varieties 
of St. John’s Wort ( Hypericum ) do well in the shade, and some 
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