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Under-A-Tree Pre-Planned Garden For Shade

$103.99
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ZONES  5-9 | Good to grow! Zone
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• Our Under-A-Tree Pre-Planned Garden of 15 offers a quick solution to that shady, bare area typically found at the base of trees or shrubs
• Colorful, easy-to-grow groundcovers will naturally spread to create a mat of foliage, and a shade-tolerant ornamental grass adds texture and a vertical element
• This Pre-Planned Garden comes with a garden layout map to make planting easy
• Exclusively available at High Country Gardens

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Description

Exclusive to High Country Gardens, our Under-A-Tree Pre-Planned Garden offers a quick and easy solution for layering your garden with flowers and foliage. The size of this garden may vary depending on the size of the tree trunk it is planted around, and how closely the groundcovers are planted. Groundcovers will spread over time to fill in bare spaces.

This garden includes:

For best results, we recommend planting with Yum Yum Mix.

Plants are subject to change due to availability. Any substitutions will feature plants with similar attributes suitable to the garden design.

Planting & Care

Planting Care

Planting and Caring for Pre-Planned Gardens & Collections

Soil Preparation: Remember that proper soil preparation is the key to healthy, vigorous blooming perennials. Use Yum Yum Mix and a high quality compost at recommended rates to prepare the soil. Inoculate the plant roots with Plant Success Organicsâ„¢ Soluble Mycorrhizae Root Inoculant.

Planting: Plant according to the mature size of the plant. Don’t be tempted to put the plants too close based on their size in the pots. They’ll need the space to grow and fill in the expected area.

Fertilizing: Once annually in mid-fall, after plants begin to go dormant. Use Yum Yum Mix at recommended rates to improve the soil and provide essential plant nutrients.Use it with high quality compost, mix half and half by volume and spread on top of the soil. Scratch it in lightly and water thoroughly. It is also beneficial to treat the plant roots with Plant Success Organics™ Soluble Mycorrhizae Root Inoculant if you didn’t do so at planting time. (Inoculation only needs to be done once.)

Mulching: In arid climates mulching is very beneficial. Coarse textured composts, shredded leaves, pine needles and composted bark are all excellent mulch materials. Apply to a depth of 1-2 inches. Replenish annually (or as needed).

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As soon as your order is placed you will receive a confirmation email. You will receive a second email the day your order ships telling you how it has been sent. Some perennials are shipped as potted plants, some as perennial roots packed in peat.  The ‘Plant Information’ section describes how that item will ship. All perennials and fall-planted bulbs are packaged to withstand shipping and are fully-guaranteed. Please open upon receipt and follow the instructions included.

Perennials and fall-planted bulbs are shipped at the proper planting time for your Growing Zone. Perennial and fall-planted bulb orders will arrive separately from seeds. If your order requires more than one shipment and all items are shipping to the same address, there is no additional shipping charge. See our shipping information page for approximate ship dates and more detailed information. If you have any questions, please call Customer Service at (801) 769-0300 or contact us by email or chat.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Shade

Water Tolerance

Low-Water

Bloom Time

Late spring to early summer

Advantages

  • Easy To Grow

Additional information

Soil Type

  • Average Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average

Planting Time

  • Fall

Special Groups

  • High Country Gardens Exclusive

Growing Zones

  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9

Can Send To PO Box

No

Ships to Hawaii & Alaska

No

Overall rating: 4.75 / 5 from 8 reviews.

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Beautiful though watch out for aggressive lamium

"I planted these in tree shade and all grew though the lamium (in the mint family) crowded the other plants after a year. Be ready to trim it back, especially if the lamium is with other young plants in the bed."

— Elaine (5/5)

Pictures show mature plants. . . here's what I received . . . .

"This was my first order from High Country and as a master gardener intern (completed the program and am now in the practicum phase of volunteering), I was happy to find shade plants that were not available locally. My humble opinion ion is High Garden works best when you do not have access to certain plants locally. To my surprise the 5"" refers to the depth of the very small containers - not the diameter of each potted plant. These plants are tiny. They are all so small - these are 5 inches deep but two inch by two square containers. They did arrive very healthy, with some already flowering. These ship early, and if you are in a zone that doesn't warm up until May, my humble option is to order so that you can plant these within one week of receiving them. I was lulled into ordering them early (due to the sale price) and then we had snow the first week in May so I planted two weeks after receiving the plants and the roots had already started to wrap around the insides of the container - not ideal. The plants will take time to grow, so consider adding a few extra plants to fill in around these plants or your area will look quite anemic the first season. I am hopeful these will survive our winter and flourish next year, as they look so small this year even though they are blooming. I ordered butterfly bushes and yarrow for sunny areas and they too are really small plants that will not really look so great until next season. It wasn't until we had our local garden fair that I realized how immature and small (and expensive) the plants from High Gardens are compared to what I am able to buy locally. My humble opinion is High country should include photos of what you actually receive - not a mature garden. A bonus would be to include what these are supposed to look like newly planted."

— Smartwork (4/5)

Excellent Quality Products & Seeds

"Great company with excellent reading material understandable to a beginner."

— Robbie (5/5)

All the plants growing! and blooming already!

"I had these installed when having some landscaping redone in the backyard. I had to put a small fence around them to keep the dogs from digging them up--which they did at first. Hoping to take the fence down once they establish a little more, which I also hope will help them withstand the summer heat. So far, so good, and they are already blooming and growing."

— Nogreenthumb (5/5)

Great for shade

"I used these to cover a fairly large shade area in my front yard - They are currently growing quite well and thriving where other plants I have tried failed."

— Mama D. (4/5)

Excellent for under trees

"Plants all arrived healthy and are doing well in my garden. I have ordered plans from other companies and the ones from High Country Garden have been of the best quality by far. I will absolutely be ordering from them again when I am ready to get rid of my lawn."

— High G. (5/5)

Love the plants

"The plants arrived very healthy and even though due to heavy rains we couldn't plant them for a week they took right off and look great."

— Farmer (5/5)

Under a tree

"I was on the High Country Garden site because of my interest in the Dog Tuff grass and noticed the preplanned gardens they offer. As a new gardener with a challenging space I thought I'd try this collection in an area where grass hasn't done well under a tree. OMG the Orchid Frost just took off and is already blooming - I love looking out my window at this grouping. The Black Scallop is very showy but slower growing. Very happy with this purchse"

— Elisabeth (5/5)

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