If your yard doesn’t get a lot of sun, try planting a shade garden that will thrive in low light. Getty Images Many gardens are bathed in sunbeams, but not every part of a yard always has the benefit ...

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

Nina Koziol / Chicago TribuneDon’t overlook colorful combinations of foliage, such as this Japanese maple and Hakonechloa grass, for the shade garden. Hostas are the workhorses of the shade garden.

It seems like every gardener has a pitiful patch that seems to be cursed with full to partial shade. Every year you plant something there, hoping that it will at least survive the summer, but it never ...

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 ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

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.

The Southern Shade Garden at the New Orleans Botanical Garden is a wonderful and unique place. It's well worth a visit, and this weekend's Fall Garden Festival at City Park provides a perfect ...

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 ...