Swamp rose mallow "Carousel Pink Passion"

Destinctively shade-loving plants are those intolerant of direct sun, because they are addapted to life in tree undergrowth or in other shadowy undergrowth. It si usual for shadow, that air moisture is higher, while temperature is lower than in sunny undergrowth. According to the ammount of sunlight, that reaches plants, we divide shadow in to light/soft or deep/strong shadow (deep shadow is found under dense and low treetops of evergreen trees, in undergorwth between bigger shrubs, can also be found in narrow north corners between buildings and trees etc).

Herbaceous plants are not woody. Their stems are soft, usually remaining green. With some herabceous older stems may harden and look like woody stems (e. g. bamboo).

The plant develops new leaves or needles every spring, which dropp off in autumn. Herbaceous plants can die completely in above ground section and grow back in the spring.

Plant can in otherwise appropriate environment survive cold down to - 18 °C.

Wet soils are normally heavier, loamy or even clay, also peat soil and soil rich in humus, soil by watercourses and on swampy terrain. These are mostly less airy or even not airy enoguh for most plants, they are always wet or even saturated with water; water stagnates, only slowly flows away. Plants of such undergrowth do not tolerate drought, in neccessary need of permanent moisture, tolerate inundation, some can grow in shallow water (up to 5 cm in depth) or in garden bed, when watered regularly.

Herbaceous, not woody plant. Stems and leaves may be evergreen or deciduous - thus regrowing every spring. Perennials may blossom consecutively for several years. Some perennials develop special underground organs - bulbs, corms or rootstocks and these species are treated separetelly, not with geophyte and tuberous plants.