During the heat of summer, my favorite places to garden are in shady areas of my landscape. Gardeners often gripe about how difficult it is to grow plants in these areas. Trouble mostly occurs, ...

When choosing any plant for your yard, it’s always important to consider the right growing conditions, but increasingly, even in temperate areas, we need to look at drought-tolerant planting as an ...

Las Vegas is becoming a shady town. Yes, trees are maturing. But yards around homes are shrinking, and with people building two-story homes, light becomes a premium. I receive many requests for plants ...

Q: We live in a townhouse that backs up to Buffalo Bayou. We have a back deck that is 16 feet above the ground; therefore, a great cavernous space below. In the space between our deck and the bayou, ...

I'm looking for suggestions for shrubs in a shady and dry area. Are any viburnums suitable for shade? I have an area I am trying to give a natural, woodsy look. I also was thinking of a holly or a ...

Q: What shade-tolerant groundcover, grass or low-growing shrub is dog-friendly? Our dogs love to run up and down the shady side of our house, but we need something that will keep the soil from washing ...

BLEEDING HEART, SNAKEROOT, bloodroot, bellwort. They sound like ingredients for a witches brew, but they are growing in New York City on the grounds of the Staten Island Botanical Garden at Snug ...

Question: I need a privacy screen between my house and the neighbors. I’d like to use shrubs but the area is shady. What would you suggest? J.B., Orange City Answer: Some shade-tolerant shrubs would ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A study was made in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve of niche differentiation among 11 woody species that have very small seeds (22-460 μg) and ...

A Google search reveals a definition for shade as “comparative darkness and coolness caused by shelter from direct sunlight”. In hot West Texas our definition is “shade is a beautiful thing.” ...

We've lived in this house for a while and over the years our trees have grown and shade the rose beds too much. Are there any shade-tolerant rose varieties you could recommend for Grand Junction? — ...