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Suggestions for Shady Raised Bed in MN

8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago

I’m in the process of building an L-shaped raised bed for the southwest corner of my yard. It’s under an enormous maple, so the majority of the bed is dappled shade. It backs up to a 6 ft. privacy fence on the west side, so there is some full shade along that back edge.

I have a clematis that a previous owner planted (in kind of an awkward location) that I’d like to try to transplant into one of the sunnier areas of the garden (is this even a good idea??), but beyond that I’m kind of struggling to plan it out. My ideas so far are possibly bleeding hearts and Astilbe?

I’d like it to look pretty and well thought out, taller plants in the back, flowers with different blooming times, etc., but I’m very new to gardening and I have a hard time envisioning plant heights and placement, what looks good when it’s not blooming, and all that. My gardening experience is basically with hostas, and making a bed with daylilies and spotted nettle at our previous house, all of which are pretty straightforward and hard to kill.

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