Nice ideas for sun and shade

Perennials for the south side - sun worshipers for the front yard

In the sunny front garden, the following magnificent perennials repeat their flower festival every year. Neither in the blazing sun nor in the summer heat do they hang their heads. For the cold season, the plants pull themselves back into the ground in order to sprout freshly in spring:

• Turkish poppy (Papaver orientale) with bright red flowers in May and June or June and July
• Sun bride (Helenium hybrids) blooms in furious yellow and red colors from June to September / October
• Sedum plant (Sedum hybrids), beautiful autumn bloomers with large flowers and colored leaves

For a flower-filled front yard on the South side with sandy-dry earth you cannot avoid steppe sage (Salvia nemorosa). From June the hunger artist blooms continuously until the first frost.

Perennials for the north side - a blaze of color for shady locations

Front gardens on the north side are the stage for ornamental perennials and shade bloomers. The following specialists for low-light locations come up trumps with beautiful colors that give shady locations a floral sheen:

• Magnificent sparrows (astilbe) inspire with diverse varieties from 20 to 100 cm and bloom from July for at least 10 weeks
• Funkia (hosta) set decorative accents with painterly drawn ornamental leaves throughout the year
• Japan anemones (anemone japonica) accompany us into the cold season with pretty bowl blossoms from August

Subdued light and fresh, damp earth comfort the magical ones Purple bells (Heuchera) very much. A wide range of robust varieties in warm colors transforms the front garden on the north side into a representative figurehead. 'Cappuccino' shines with purplish-maroon, elegantly wavy leaves. The lobed ornamental leaves of 'Frosted Violet' are pink-violet and covered with silvery flecks.