Shade
See articles and plants related to shade in the garden.
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How-ToHow to Get Season-Long Performance Out of Your Shade Containers
How is taking care of a container in the shade different from taking care of a container in full sun? Does the limited light provide additional challenges—or does it provide…
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DesignTropical Inspiration for Shade Containers
It’s easy to ignore the shady corners of our gardens and focus on areas with the most light, especially when it comes to creating warm-season containers. Many of us get…
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DesignGinny’s Gardening Adapting to Shade
My name is Ginny McNally, I'm from Hatboro, Pennsylvania. I'd been gardening on a small scale for about 40 years. At first I had a vegetable garden, grew all sorts…
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DesignOut-of-the-Ordinary Containers for Shade
Do you feel like once you’ve seen one shady container design, you’ve really seen them all? I often feel that way, and I have no excuse for monotony since I…
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DesignHostas and More for Shade
Welcome to Cherie Walda’s shade garden. My husband and I live in Fort Wayne, Indiana. We moved here in 1987 to an acre of land with maple, pine, ash, and…
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ArticlePlan Now for a Spring Display
Today’s photos come from Vanessa Bianchi, who moved from Florida to the Midwest a couple of years ago and had to learn about gardening in a new climate. I moved…
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ArticleMade for Shade
Today’s photos come from Karen Holmen: I am a long-time gardener in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. What started as a small backyard garden has grown over many years to a…
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DesignA Teaching Garden
The Hahn Horticulture Garden on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, is not only a beautiful public display garden that shows off a wide range of plants grown…
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Design10 Ground Covers for Shade
It is often the case that we gardeners find ourselves with a shady corner in our yard where nothing grows. What we long for is one plant that will take…
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DesignRegional Picks: Bold Plants for Shade – Southwest
Finding plants that flourish in the shade isn't the challenge. Anyone can find a flock of ferns or a herd of hostas to turn their shade garden into a green…
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