The first thing you notice when you enter Wesley and Gay Gladhart's Metairie backyard is the color. Green. It's everywhere. Then your eye adjusts to the soft, shade-dappled sunlight filtering through ...

While ferns are not commonly known for enjoying bright sun and heat, there's one fern-like plant you might want to consider ...

If you believe, as I do, that the most deeply satisfying gardens are ones not of flowers alone but of form and line, of texture and shades of green, then have I got a plant for you. The fern is primal ...

Almost every garden is likely to have a shady area that influences the kinds of plants that will grow there. Many people consider these areas a problem, when, in fact, they provide the opportunity to ...

What are plant choices for shade areas? Among annuals, consider fibrous begonia with bronze foliage, tuberous begonia with large colorful flowers, coleus, and impatiens. Fuchsia is a good choice for a ...

Gardening experts at GardeningExpress.co.uk have shared what the best plants are for a north-facing, shady garden. Hostas, rhododendron and ferns are just some of the options available for shady ...

Ferns are a study in contrasts. Lacking showy flowers, their simple leafy appearance belies their incredibly complex, yet highly successful, reproductive strategies. The relatively few number of ferns ...

You’ve nurtured each bloom to show off in the garden but just can’t bring yourself to steal a few flowers to enjoy in a vase. You’re not alone. And it turns out, there’s a way to do both. Details: $35 ...