best shade plants
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DesignNew Hardy Shade Plants to Grow Instead of the Usual Suspects
In these socially divisive times, one should not publicly draw comparisons of the character traits between subsets of life around us. But in this instance, as I am older and…
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Design27 Better Ground Covers for Shade to Replace Problematic Plants
“Ground cover” technically refers to the base layer of the four forest levels: ground cover, shrub, understory, and canopy. But in gardening, ground covers are generally considered low-growing or trailing…
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DesignTruly Tough Shade Plants (Webinar)
While plenty of wonderful plants will grow in the shade, many of them can be a bit finicky. And it always seems that the prettiest ones—the ones we want the…
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DesignShade Perennials for Weed Suppression
Pulling weeds usually isn’t at the top of the list of anyone’s favorite things to do, so why not utilize nature to prevent those weeds from growing in the first…
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DesignEpisode 63: Color in the Shade
When you think about shade, do you think about various different colors of green? Maybe a white-striped hosta if you’re lucky? You’re not alone. Many of us think that the…
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DesignBeauty in the Shade
When we moved to our little red house on one and a half acres in 1977, I was 26 years old, just married, and beginning to rediscover myself after my…
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DesignThe Fern Fairway
Today we’re back in Cherry Ong’s fabulous garden in British Columbia. The side garden developed this year is entirely a shade garden featuring ferns. We had so many names for…
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DesignWoodland Gems for the Midwest
My favorite springtime destination at my workplace, Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin, is our lovely wooded Wildflower Garden. Oaks (Quercus spp. and cvs, Zones 4-10), maples (Acer spp. and…
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DesignColorful Plants for Shade
Nothing has taught me more about gardening than actual work in the garden. Among the lessons learned is that there should be no lack of color in the shade. Why…
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Design10 Combinations for Shade
The secret is in using color to pump up the interest in low-light spots
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