But if you always want a full-looking landscape like I do, low-maintenance shade perennials are the key to your garden. Since these plants thrive best in the shade rather than in areas with hours of ...

Shaded spots are among the more forgotten areas in a backyard, but there is always a plant to hand no matter what your ...

So if you have a towering maple tree that impedes the light in the afternoon, you’ll need to instead choose plants that prefer partial shade. Now, some full-sun plants can handle partial shade ...

But that’s not the only beautiful winter flower to chase away winter blues. There’s winter daphne, known for its white to ...

Within the full shade category, there’s also dense shade, a category reserved for areas that receive zero hours of direct sunlight and have only some access to indirect sun. Few plants and ...

A flowering plant might not be able to tell how many fingers you’re holding up, but it can tell whether it’s light or dark ...

Plants that are close together do everything they can to intercept light. This "shade avoidance" response has been extensively researched. It is therefore even more remarkable that researchers ...

Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), a cousin of the magnolia, is absolutely stunning in spring when it’s fragrant, ...