Any “best of” shade list has to begin with hostas. This hardy plant is known for adding texture and color. While some hostas tolerate sun, those grown in partial shade usually produce the best-looking ...

Every garden or yard has some shady areas, and these shade-loving shrubs can add color and vibrancy to your yard's darkest corners. From evergreen Japanese andromeda to winter-blooming camelia, these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. mtreasure / Getty Images When you're designing and brainstorming the best plants for a shade garden, you're not beholden to ground ...

Most shade tolerant plants prefer one of the following conditions: four or fewer hours of full sun (especially morning); dappled sun all day; or high, shifting shade (as you find under tall pine trees ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Before shopping for shade flowers, watch your garden at various times of day. Full shade is considered 3 ...

There’s a lot of shade around my house, and its lushness got me to wondering why nature evolved shade plants, since the photosynthesis that supports almost all life on earth is driven by sunlight. But ...

Q: I have lots of shade and would like to have flowering shrubs or other flowering plants. Could you give me some suggestions that include small to medium shrubs. I have some azaleas, but of course, ...

The only bright spot in this cold and wet early April are the daffodils. No matter how chill and dark the weather, the daffodils arrive on time. The variety is endless and you will be doing yourself a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Flowering shrubs aren't just for adding beauty to your garden. They're wonderful attractors of important ...

A pair of non-invasive new barberries, a super-compact burgundy smokebush, and a new shrub-rose line that might give the popular Knock Out series a run for its money are among the interesting new ...

When Kathleen Salisbury worked in a garden center, lots of customers asked for plants with four-season interest. Most of them equated that with evergreens. Salisbury, now director of Temple University ...