Hydrangeas are particularly popular when planted under large trees and their charm enchants garden corners where almost nothing else thrives. Over the years, the hydrangea grows into stately bushes. In order to keep the shade bed attractive, it is recommended to underplant the hydrangea with shade-loving perennials.
Which plants go well with hydrangeas as underplanting?
To stylishly underplant hydrangeas, shade-loving perennials such as hostas, ferns, lady's mantle or ragwort are suitable. Spring bloomers such as lily of the valley or a combination with barberries as a support also offer charming options for a varied shade bed.
Plant community in light shade
Shaded beds look very attractive if you enhance the magic of the changing light effects with different leaf shapes. Hostas are particularly attractive here with their diverse shapes and leaf colors. In old cottage gardens, the hydrangea is often planted under ferns, whose bizarre structures form an interesting contrast to the large foliage of the hydrangea. The lady's mantle also looks very attractive, on whose leaves the dew collects in the morning and glitters in the light of the first rays of sunshine.
Attractive color accents
Hortensias delight garden lovers with their color spectrum, which ranges from white to pink and red to violet and blue. Plant a white-flowering hydrangea with colorful primroses and add colorful accents. A perennial that thrives in the shade and under hydrangeas is ragwort with its bright orange flowers. These harmonize wonderfully with almost green or white flowering hydrangeas. Since the ragwort can grow up to a meter high, the hydrangea should already have reached an impressive size.
Spring bloomers that thrive in the shade of hydrangea
Lilies of the valley planted under hydrangeas form dense carpets. The hardy onion plants reproduce on their own and enchant in spring with their delicate flowers and delicate scent.
Underplanting hydrangea with barberry
When it rains, the large flower balls of the hydrangea literally soak up water and the branches threaten to break under this weight. An underplanting with barberry has proven useful here, as the shrub, which is armed with leaf thorns, is an excellent support for the hydrangea.
Tip
Improve the soil in the shade bed with leaf humus (€14.00 at Amazon). Natural leaf litter is missing, especially near buildings, and the soil needs regular loosening with organic substances.
