Quick Care Guide: Shady Garden Border


  1. Anemone: Water consistently; fertilize early spring; cut back dead foliage.

  2. Aucuba: Water regularly; fertilize early spring; prune late winter/early
    spring.

  3. Bergenia: Water consistently; fertilize early spring; remove damaged leaves.

  4. Campanula: Water regularly, allow drying; fertilize early spring; deadhead & prune.

  5. Chiosya: Water regularly; fertilize spring; prune late spring/early summer.

  6. Cotoneaster: Water regularly, then occasionally; fertilize early spring; prune lightly.

  7. Euonymus: Water regularly; fertilize early spring; prune late winter/early spring.

  8. Fatsia: Water consistently; fertilize early spring; prune & remove damaged leaves.

  9. Fern: Water consistently; fertilize early spring; remove dead/damaged fronds.

  10. Fuchsia: Water regularly, allow drying; fertilize early spring; prune late winter/early spring.

  11. Helleborus: Water consistently; fertilize early spring; remove old leaves.

  12. Heuchera: Water consistently; fertilize spring; remove damaged leaves, cut back stalks.

  13. Hydrangea: Water consistently; fertilize early spring; prune late winter/early spring.

  14. Leycesteria: Water regularly, allow drying; fertilize early spring; prune back late winter/early spring.

  15. Lonicera: Water regularly; fertilize early spring; prune lightly after flowering.

  16. Mahonia: Water consistently; fertilize early spring; prune after flowering.

  17. Skimmia: Water consistently; fertilize early spring; prune late winter/early spring.

  18. Spiraea: Water regularly; fertilize early spring; prune late winter/early spring.

  19. Viburnum: Water consistently; fertilize early spring; prune lightly after flowering.

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