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When you're designing and brainstorming the best plants for a shade garden, you're not beholden to ground covers and tiny flowers. While full sun might sound like a requirement for having tall plants, ...

Many gardeners love being outside in their garden on a beautiful sunny summer afternoon. But what if your garden is in a full-sun location and the air temperature is 95 degrees with a heat index of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There's no doubt a sun-drenched cottage garden, brimming with romantic roses and intoxicating lavender, ...

If you take a moment to think about the foliage in your garden, what comes to mind? What should come to mind is a picture of a lush landscape with different textures or patterns on each leaf. The ...

Shady corners of a garden can provide a headache at the best of times. When that shady spot is only suitable for containers it means two factors you need to consider, they need to be happy in pots and ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Many of our favorite flowers require full sun to grow. But, what about the corners and spots under trees ...

During the heat of summer, my favorite places to garden are in shady areas of my landscape. Gardeners often gripe about how difficult it is to grow plants in these areas. Trouble mostly occurs, ...

Nothing is more frustrating that having a garden that is under the shade of oversized trees. Granted, those arbors can be awesome but if you want to plant and you are not hot on hostas and ferns, well ...

Hostas are the workhorses of the shade garden. Once they’re established, they’re pretty much low-maintenance plants. They tolerate periods of drought, and they are reliably hardy in areas that freeze ...

Sure, lilacs and lavender need hours of sunlight to thrive. But give us shade plants such as hostas, ferns, tree peonies and lacecap hydrangeas luxuriating in a dappled shade, and we’re over the moon.