Gravel gardens are practical, low-maintenance, and also, very stylish. Need some inspiration? These ideas showcase just how ...

Want more shade garden ideas? Give these annuals a try, too: fuchsia, begonia, caladium, torenia, monkeyflower, and coleus.

If your garden has shady spots, you don’t have to settle for dull, colorless plants or bare patches of ground. While they ...

taking about shade as something to cope with or overcome. Good garden design recognizes, however, that shade can also be a good thing. Understanding shade, how to take advantage of it, and how to ...

And understanding light and shade is one of the most important factors in creating a design that works for the specific balcony in question. In order to design a balcony garden, we first have to ...

Usually we think of shade as the kiss of death for a flower garden. This isn’t really true ... and a Michigan greenhouse give us some ideas for flowers in the shade. For instant color and ...

Shade gardens allow unexpected or unique plants to thrive. Victorians, for example, amassed ferns in their shade gardens, making “ferneries” where guests could sit and while away the hours ...

By the end of a long snowy winter, gardeners dream of digging in the dirt and adding some new and interesting plants to their garden designs. As you begin to plan your shade gardens ...