What plants (specially veg) grows best in shade?

Question

I have a plot in my new garden, that does not get much sun. I would still like to plant something ou there, preferably vegetabes but am a bit concerned about the lack of light.

Answer 1

Impatiens, mint, moss. Maybe partial sun, carrots, radishes, beets, beans.
Ever thought about using mirrors?

Answer 2

Veggies really don't like to grow in the shade, but look in your library and see if you can find some old Organic Gardening magazines from the early 90s. Mike McGrath was the editor, and he had a shady garden and wrote about it many times in his letter from the editor. You might also check his website.

For me, I find radishes and lettuce work OK in the shade. Actually, I grow the radishes *under* the lettuce, and they are nice and tender and mild.

Answer 3

Apparently lettuce need a bit of shade - they often get planted between runner beans or corn as they mature fast but get to stay out of the brightest sunlight.

For veg growing, I'd recommend you get an allotment - or part-share one. I had to give up growing veg in my shaded garden.

Shade plants - vinca, hosta.

Answer 4

Most plants need the sun to grow, but we have plants like convolvious, honeysuckle, vines and runner beans which like to have their feet in the shade and their heads in the sun

Answer 5

Coleus grows nicely in shade, in certainty, it has extra vivid colorations whilst grown interior the colour than in partial shade or sunlight. it particularly is extra grown for it particularly is colourful leaves, than for any plant existence, however the leaves have some super colorations (intense-high quality purple/green contrasts). Hosta is yet another super plant that does particularly nicely interior the colour. It too is in many situations grown for its leaves, they are able to be stable green, or varigated green/white, yet they do have some intense-high quality pink plant existence whilst they bloom. Foxglove is super interior the colour, and it particularly is grown extra for its plant existence. while you're speaking some veggie backyard nevertheless, it particularly is extremely difficult, and additionally regularly limited to leafy greens including Lettuce, Cabbage, Spinach, parsley. you have got some success with root vegetation including beets too, yet actually, fruiting flora won't do nicely in any respect.

Answer 6

Vegetables need full sun to produce. You can plant whatever you want, but don't expect a good yield, or quality produce.

Answer 7

If you have onions in your garden sow carrots in between the rows of onions this deters carrot fly..

Answer 8

Try a Fatsia

Answer 9

try things that are in the ground such as potatoes you can use them all year round dependent to what you plant