If you are looking for plants for a garden that doesn’t get much sun, consider these popular perennial flowers for shade.
Add beauty to your shady yard with the perennials seen in this Minnesota garden.
These hardy perennials are great for low-maintenance gardens as they will continue to bloom, year after year, with little care.
A pergola is ideal for creating stylish outdoor rooms for your backyard patio, attached or placed next to your home or other structure.
Japanese Anemone, A. hupehensis: "Daughter of the Wind" There's a nondescript, partially shaded corner of my garden that is frankly rather dull until final
Looking for some DIY backyard shade ideas? You'll love these deck and patio shade solutions that will get you out of the sweltering sun.
How to create a low maintenance shade garden. This area gets no sun and now it is full of shade flower plants that come back every Spring.
It’s another cold and cloudy day here. And I’m over it. Sorry, but my soul needs sunshine!! So, I thought I would at least turn my thoughts toward sunny days! Our backyard has evolved over the years we have lived here. But, very little has been done to make it a pretty and comfortable space ... Read More about Sunny Day-Dreamin’
A Seattle home gets a complete garden makeover, from back to front, pond to driveway.
Fill your landscape's shade and part-shade spots with the sparkling colors and big blooms of New Guinea impatiens. They're also a high-impact choice for container gardens.
In my last post, we finished off at the entrance to the one sunny pocket in the backyard garden. Let's head under the arbor and look around. Before we move away to explore the rest of the garden, I wanted to show you this pretty, little Japanese birdbath. I also want to point out the interesting way the gardener has managed to combine rock of different scales both in this bright, sunny corner and in other areas of the garden. On the left, she has created a dry stream bed using river rock with a flagstone edging. On the right, she has mixed flagstone with pea gravel to create a path. Pea gravel has a nice crunch under foot, but flagstone is easier to walk on. Assorted groundcovers soften and blend the edges of the path into the rest of the plantings. And speaking of groundcovers...I like Creeping Jenny, but I always stress over its aggressive spread. This gardener obviously does not share my worry, because as you will notice, she has it planted throughout the garden. It does make an interesting textural matt under this Japanese Maple doesn't it? She had this Black Bamboo, Phyllostachys nigra planted in a partially buried pot (initially slow to spread, but be warned, it can also be invasive). I love the skirt of ornamental grass that hides the pot. Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' Moving to the left, we enter an area of half-shade with dappled sunlight. Among the flowering plants and shrubs are pink Astilbe and a number of hydrangeas. As you can imagine, she waters both frequently! In terms of foliage plants, the homeowner has planted a variety of hosta, heuchera and variegated Jacob's Ladder (see lower right corner two photos back). There are also Ostrich Ferns toward the back of this flowerbed. In the far corner of the garden, there are a number of mature trees and full shade conditions. Added to the combination of hosta and heuchera, there is a Japanese Painted Fern, Athyrium niponicum var. pictum on the left. I am going to make a wild guess that the perennial on the right is a Heuchera,'Southern Comfort'. Always pretty for shade: Siberian Bugloss, Brunnera macrophylla, 'Jack Frost' I thought this was a fun idea. Hanging from the tree branches are several birdcages with plant pots inside. No room for a full-sized pond? Check this out! This pond was no bigger than a bucket. I messed up this shot a little and missed the last word expressed in the sentiment on the little pebbles in the foreground. The rocks say, "Hello, have a nice day!" I pass that sentiment on to you.
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After renovating her pink cottage, Caitlyn Mason set her sights on the bare yard, transforming it into the ultimate cottage garden.
Stepping stone pathways in your garden can be an excellent addition, enhancing the aesthetic and lead you on a stroll through the landscape.
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These dry shade plants are perennials and shrubs that will survive in the less-than-ideal growing conditions under eaves and trees
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When it comes to growing vegetables in the garden, Mary Alice and Terry Ramsey swear by planting in raised beds and using rich and crumbly compost.
Dry shade is one of the most difficult conditions to garden in, but your dreams of garden glory are still possible. Check out many plants for dry shade.
How to create a low maintenance shade garden. This area gets no sun and now it is full of shade flower plants that come back every Spring.
We featured Laura Crockett's garden in the magazine way back in the August 2005 issue, and ever since, I think of her garden as one of my all-time favorites. Laura has a quirky style that makes her...
I’ve had a few requests to publish a list of hostas that are slug- and snail-resistant. The problem is thatContinue Reading
Try some of these robust, low-growing groundcovers for shade or tough spots—wherever you need year-round coverage.
If you'd like to utilize every part of your yard but have a lot of shade, there are some vegetables that grow in shade easily. Here is a comprehensive list.
Beautiful purple tricyrtis toad lily is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial with creeping rhizomes and a lovely garden plant.
The entertainer, and urban-garden enthusiast, collaborated with decorator Fernando Santangelo and architect Frederick Fisher to cultivate a verdant and stylishly cozy space in the New York home she shares with her husband, Martin von Haselberg
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My girls only weekend was wonderful... despite the overcast and rainy weather. I arrived late Friday afternoon at Paula's charmin...
Der Shade Outdoor-Teppich von nanimarquina überzeugt durch den raffinierten Farbverlauf, der in einem Komplexen Verfahren entsteht. Der Teppich für den Innen- und Außenbereich aus recyceltem PET wurde von Begüm Cana Özgür entworfen.
The soft ground cover resembles moss, but is a flowering perennial. Small, pearl-like flowers in spring. Can handle light foot traffic, great for tucking between stepping stones. Zones 4-8, sun/part sun/shade, 1" tall x 12" wide at maturity.
