Shade - Fine Gardening
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Design5 Planting Plans for Mixed Sun and Shade Garden Beds
Designing a garden that unites sun and shade can be a challenge, but it doesn't have to be a compromise in beauty. While the lack of sunlight in some areas…
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DesignGrow These Long-Lasting Blooms for Color in the Shade
Short of crowding a garden with annuals, fulfilling a desire for long-blooming plants in the shade is at best challenging. While attractive foliage is at the heart of shade designs,…
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How-ToUnderstand Your Shade Conditions to Maximize Flowering Potential
While plant labels, websites, and catalogs use a variety of terms to describe a plant’s tolerated light conditions, these categories can be confusing when deciding whether your situation is sufficient…
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DesignGreat Native Perennials That Are Easy to Grow Almost Anywhere
Got a challenging location in your garden? You’re not alone. I have never encountered a landscape without at least one area that is difficult for growing plants. Mine is a…
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DesignGPOD Vignettes: Containers and Arrangements
Hi GPODers, and happy Friday! I’m back with another installment of GPOD Vignettes, a compilation of submissions too short for their own post but still worthy of sharing. To catch…
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DesignLynn’s Garden in Ontario
Hi GPODers! We started our week in Alice's Ontario garden, and we're staying in the province to visit Lynn Fournier and her lush landscape. She transformed her garden into a…
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Design6 Questions Garden Designers Ask Before They Plan a New Garden
There are six essential survey questions I ask my clients before beginning any design project. I find that these can help focus priorities and hone in on likes or dislikes—all…
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DesignSilvia’s Garden in Pittsburgh
Happy Monday GPODers! We're starting the week off in Pennsylvania, visiting Silvia Speyer's lush gardens full of flowers and an array of fantastic foliage. My 1/4 acre garden is located…
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Design“Pandemic Gardeners” Four Years on in Rhode Island
Happy Monday GPODers! As I'm sure most of us remember, when we were all encouraged to stay at home during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic just a few years…
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DesignGreat Perennial Plants for Shady Garden Containers in the Pacific Northwest
Shade gardens are some of the most beautiful and rewarding gardens you can create. No one can resist the cool welcome that dappled areas of the landscape offer in the…
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