When you're designing and brainstorming the best plants for a shade garden, you're not beholden to ground covers and tiny flowers. While full sun might sound like a requirement for having tall plants, ...

Flowering native shade plants in your garden help to support biodiversity, a key element in a sustainable garden. Native shrubs for shade areas provide habitat, sanctuary and often food for many ...

When you plant rain garden plants, you do your part for the environment, filtering runoff and protecting groundwater. Pick ...

Add color and texture to your yard all winter long! These trees, shrubs and more add cold-season garden beauty—and there's ...

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, ...

Perennial plants survive from one growing season to the next, regrowing from their roots each spring. Discover gorgeous, fast-growing perennials that provide quick color and texture for shade gardens.

Many gardeners love being outside in their garden on a beautiful sunny summer afternoon. But what if your garden is in a full-sun location and the air temperature is 95 degrees with a heat index of ...

Plant perennials in fall so they can establish roots before spring blooms. Choose native varieties to attract pollinators ...

Plant selection is one of the most important factors in designing a successful drought-tolerant landscape. Along with concern about plant size, texture, color and so on, we must be concerned about how ...