For plenty of colorful petals all through your garden, plant primrose! These water-loving plants appreciate some morning sun ...

Most of us have boundary walls, fences, or garden buildings such as sheds or studios that are in shade for part of the day, and in some cases all day long, especially if your garden faces north or ...

All parts of these plants are toxic if ingested. Why we love it: With a selection of hellebore plants for dry shade, you can ...

• Want to know the best plants, flowers and evergreen shrubs for shade-covered gardens? Here, we list varieties that will thrive out of the sun, either in full or dappled shade. • Follow our advice on ...

A: Good deciduous shrubs that grow in full shade and also flower include: Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus), summersweet (Clethra alnifolia), fothergilla (Fothergilla gardenii), Virginia ...

Q: I have two locations on our property where we need to create a privacy hedge that can get to at least 8-10 feet high. One area is on the south side of the property, and plants would need to go ...

Shade gardening may sound straightforward, but it’s not quite that simple. The conventional thinking is put in a few shade-loving plants like azaleas and, presto, you’re done. Not quite so, because ...

Q: Can you recommend a good 3- to 4-foot shade shrub to surround a backyard cement patio? Something that would form a nice small hedge. The area gets very little (dappled) sun throughout the day and ...

Protecting children from scorching sun and intense heat during outdoor play has taken on new urgency due to climate change. Susan Herrington, a professor at UBC’s faculty of applied science and ...

There are lots of plants to grow for color in the shade in the summer. Here is some information about begonias, pentas, caladium, coleus and fire spike. The weather this spring and summer is a special ...

Smaller native shade trees will delight you with fragrant blossoms, striking bark and manageable size without overwhelming ...