Have a shady garden that you'd like to brighten up, with minimal annual maintenance? Try layering some perennials into the area. Read our suggestions now.

There are so many lovely perennials available, so don't bother with these 14 Plants Not To Grow In Your Garden, or other invasive or aggressive plants.

Not all flowers need direct sunlight. In fact, many flowering plants thrive with little sunlight. Whether you want to utilize those shady spots in your yard or beautify a shady space under a tree, these shade loving flowering plants will brighten up dark garden spaces and happily grow where their sunny counterparts won't. Here are perennials that grow best in shade as well as flowers that grow in indirect sunlight.

Here is my most recent expansion of my shade garden. Most of what you see has been recycled, divided or dug up from in the woods. I add to it every year.

Get some shade garden design ideas and inspiration (with pictures) for both small front yard garden beds and larger backyard woodland gardens

Have a shady spot in your yard? You will love these stunning and inspiring shade gardens and find some fantastic plant suggestions for shady spaces.

Showy, colorful and easy care shade plants and container gardens with vibrant foliage and flowers. 30+ designer plant lists to create gorgeous gardens with shade loving plants !

Need helping deciding what to plant in your summer pots and containers? This blog post will show you what to plant, why you should pick these varieties, how to plant them, and how to make them thrive and not just survive. Get ready for gorgeous summer pots for your patio or porch!

Learn how to design a garden that works for your yard space, whether it gets a lot of sun, a lot of shade, is bog-like, or a hillside. Read our tips for adapting your garden to your yard.

Easy ideas for shade plants for containers. Includes annuals such as new guinea impatiens, begonias, ferns and more. #containergardening #shade #gardening #gardenideas #flowers #plants

Have a shady yard or patio? There are still plenty of vegetables that grow in the shade, so having a successful vegetable garden is possible!

Shade loving plants are adapted to very little sunlight because of their place in the forest understory. Since the canopies of larger trees and shrubs block as much as 95% of the sunlight that reaches

These flowering perennials and shrubs are perfect for your shady garden that needs some color to brighten it up. Find out our picks for the best plants that grow in shade.

Container gardening in the shade can be a bit tricky. This list of blue plants for containers in the shade will have the pots on your patio, walkway or porch looking beautiful all summer long.