I didn’t mention in the post that I also have some Muscari ‘Blue Spike’ (Blue Spike grape hyacinth) bulbs planted here, too. They provide short, showy blue flowers in the spring, before the other plants are flowering, so you get an even longer season of bloom. I have them planted in groups, in between the perennials, and they time share the space, since the bulb foliage dies back as the other plants grow.

It’s September, and this garden area is still looking good. We haven’t had frost yet, so the tuberous begonias and double impatiens are still blooming. ‘Tapestry’ has a few blooms still too, as do the Campanula portenshlagiana. The Campanula cochlearifolia have a good number of blue flowers going strong. The tall Actaea have buds to look forward to, if we don’t get a hard frost too soon. With the Muscari in spring, and Actaea in late fall, the garden flowers for a long time.

If you like Heucherella ‘Tapestry’, you would probably like another related perennial I added at the edge of the bed, Tiarella ‘Sugar and Spice’. They have similar leaves, with decorative colour patterns on them, and lots of pinkish white flowers spikes. ‘Sugar and Spice’ has been blooming for a long time too.

Good luck with your new shade garden.