Shade Plants
Great plants for shade and articles featuring shady designs.
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DesignLush, Big-Leaf Plants for a Shady Pacific Northwest Garden
If you’re a sun-loving gardener, finding yourself presented with a woodland garden or an otherwise shaded area of the landscape can feel a little overwhelming, and maybe even disappointing. But…
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DesignBest of the GPOD: Stunning Shade Gardens
This week we’re going to do something a little different on the GPOD: We’re going to be looking back over the years of gardens we have shared and pull out…
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Design‘Royal Blue’ European Wood Anemone Is an Early Spring Gem
Spring! There’s no time of year I like more. After I’ve been wallowing through the doldrums of winter for months, my anticipation is palpable. Waiting with bated breath for all…
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DesignGPOD on the Road: A Hosta Lover’s Garden
We’re continuing to enjoy Cherry Ong's pictures of a tour of gardens organized by the Vancouver Hardy Plant Society. Today's photos are of a hosta lover’s garden. Pairing deep blue-green hostas…
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DesignSally’s Garden in Maryland
Today we’re in Phoenix, Maryland, visiting Sally Barker’s beautiful garden: While my garden has been featured many times on GPOD (Sally's Garden in Maryland, Up Front , Sally's Maryland Garden),…
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DesignHow to Design a Serene and Immersive Garden Oasis
I was painfully shy as a child, often taking refuge in the forested greenbelt adjacent to our suburban backyard. It was the early 1970s, before children were kept on a…
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How-ToTips and Tricks for Growing Heucheras Successfully
Heucheras are somewhere in between plant-them-and-forget-them perennials and high-maintenance divas. At home in garden beds and superstars in containers, they will reward you handsomely when given proper conditions and care.…
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DesignExpert-Tested New Heucheras That Are Better Than the Classics
Who remembers when ‘Palace Purple’ was one of the hottest perennials in the market? It was the heuchera I planted in my new garden 30 years ago. I liked its…
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DesignThree Amazing Understory Trees and Shrubs
While many of us think of trees as super-tall giants or stand-alone specimen plants, we also know that most trees naturally grow in forests and that forests aren’t all made…
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DesignThe Summer That Was at the 45th Parallel, Part 2
We’re back with Susan Warde in St. Paul, Minnesota! Yesterday we looked back at the year in her front garden, and today we’re taking the same tour through the seasons…
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