If you’re a gardener with a lot of shade around your home, you may find yourself struggling to find plants that thrive in minimal sunlight, especially when it comes to shrubs. Take a look at the shaded areas of your yard. Just because they are dark, does not mean they have to be ...
Trees and shrubs, including all gymnosperms (cone-bearing plants), are perennials, as are some herbaceous (nonwoody) flowering plants and vegetative ground covers. Herbaceous perennials in cold climates typically survive winter by means of underground root or stem modifications, such as bulbs, co...
If you garden in the dappled light of woodland gardens, or on the north or east side of a building then you need shade loving perennial flowering plants for your garden. Check out our list of the best perennials for shade. You'll find plenty of flowers that grow in shade here a...
The fern like foliage and the showy plume flowers of False Spirea make them a favorite summer flowering perennial. Common Name: Fatshedera Botanical Name:Fatshedera lizei Height: USDA Zones:8-11 Requirements & Benefits: Fatshedera is a hardy evergreen, non climbing vine that is the result of...
A shade garden may be as simple as a few flowering plants and ground covers near the base of a tree, or it could be more elaborate and include footpaths, shrubs, and sculptures winding through an entire wooded backyard. Tools you’ll need Measuring tape Newspaper and topsoil (for sheet ...
low-elevation climates. At nurseries that stock bare-root fruit trees and berry vines, you'll find a surprising variety of deciduous landscaping plants--shade trees, flowering ornamental trees and shrubs, and a few fast-growing vines--at bargain prices.Some of the best values are fast-growing...
Thinking of adding some orange flowering shrubs to your home garden? There are many different types of bushes that display orange blooms when in season, so picking the right one can be a challenge. In this article, we take a deeper look at our favorites, with names and pictures of each!
Crown Imperials are impressive, spring flowering bulbs that have been cultivated since the 16th century. Once the stalk begins to emerge in mid-spring, it grows very quickly to a height of 3-4 feet and adorns itself with a crown of nodding, bell shaped flowers topped with a tuft of brigh...
evergreen, anyplantthat retains its leaves through the year and into the followinggrowing season. Many tropical species of broad-leaved flowering plants areevergreen, but in cold-temperate and Arctic areas the evergreens commonly are cone-bearing shrubs or trees (conifers), such as pines and fir...
‘Potter’s Prelude’ is a free-flowering and vigorous snowdrop with wide, recurving, very blue leaves. Its flowers are large and elegantly formed with a bold dark green mark. They begin blooming in mid-November and continue into January with December being their peak. Be aware that some ...