Heartwarming Trailing Shade Annuals
Sweet Alyssums are short-lived trailing annual flowers.
Trailing shade annuals. Hosta is an obvious choice in picking the best perennials for shade as long as you can appreciate what foliage plants bring to your landscaping. The flowers are white pink lavender blue red or coral. Sweet Alyssum Alyssum maritimum The Spruce Kara Riley.
Fuchsia plants are plants that will need a lot of shade in order to keep from wilting. It should be well-watered and can be grown in containers as well. They grow best in areas with warmer temperatures and prefer partial sun or shade.
Alyssum doesnt really trail as much as it gently flows over the top of your container. 12 of the Best Shade-Loving Annuals That Will Look Gorgeous All Summer. Morning sun or east facing locations are typical or dappled light obstructed by trees.
It blossoms from spring to fall in cold climate and winter and spring in a hot climate. Periwinkle or Creeping Myrtle. Sweet alyssum prefers cool weather but you can keep it blooming in a container if you give it regular water.
This trailing annual grows little flowers from June through October. They are known for their low maintenance and for being great plants for pots and containers. Bacopa grows beautifully in zones 9 through 11 where shade is provided from the afternoon sun.
Periwinkle creeping vinca or myrtle- While this lovely. Presenting a low-growing foliage it produces beautiful tiny flowers that are sweet honey-like scented. Its a very tidy plant with a wonderful honey-like scent.