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Bright shade foundation
A part-shade starting point with shrub structure and low foliage contrast.
Use this near entries, patios, or woodland edges with morning sun or bright shade.
Layout notes
Reserve room for hydrangea spread before filling the front edge.
Use coral bells where low foliage color can be seen from a path.
Keep moisture steady during establishment.
Starter layout
This generated preview turns the collection into a bed model with spacing-aware plant circles. It is deliberately simple, but it proves the catalog can feed designer starters.
8' x 6' bed, 2 placements
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Hydrangea arborescens
Annabelle hydrangea
A native eastern-US deciduous shrub — 'Annabelle' is a sterile-flowered cultivar of smooth hydrangea — with very large white snowball blooms in summer. Blooms on new wood so spring frost cannot destroy the flower display, and serves as the larval host for the hydrangea sphinx moth.
Shrub
Part sun / Part shade
Consistent moisture
Zones 3a-9b
Climate: broad
Focal point
Structure
Heuchera spp.
Coral bells
A genus of compact native foliage perennials (largely Heuchera villosa hybrids in the modern colored-leaf trade) for shade edges, containers, and color contrast near paths. The 'Marmalade' cultivar shown here is heat- and humidity-tolerant and deer-resistant.
Perennial
Part sun / Part shade
Moderate water
Zones 3a-8b
Climate: moderate
Border
Container
Filler
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