These beautiful compact perennials can be used as ground covers for shade to add interest to your garden while helping to keep the weeds down.
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These perennials are deer, rabbit and salt tolerant, and poisonous to humans, dogs, cats, and horses. 15 | Coral Bells Scientific name: HeucheraZone: 4 to 9Exposure: partial shade, shadeHeight: 6″ – 16″Width: 12″ – 36″Bloom time: spring through early summerBloom color: coral, red...
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(Cissus discolo) can light up a shady corner year-round. This non-toxic leafy vine has dark green foliage that is splattered with silver. The leaves boast striking red veins and red undersides. These short vines, which are hardy in USDA zone 11, are often grown on short trellises ...
You want to choose a tree that will grow well in your location, so find outyour hardiness zoneand choose a tree that fits. If you are really looking for low maintenance and good growth, choose a tree that ishardier one zone above and below your own, so if you are in zone 6, choos...
foliage plants if they really want to have a lot of color in their gardens. But, while having various textures and hues of foliage can certainly add a lot of pizzazz to a shady garden, foliage plants aren’t the only option. Case in point: the 15 blooming shade perennials featured below...
Zone 9 Zone 10 Zone 11 The book “Encyclopedia of Shade Perennials”is a requirement for anyone with a shade garden. Have you always wonder what type ofshade your gardenprovides? The author, W. George Schmid educates you inselecting the correct plantfor the type of shade your garden provide...
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tolerance. Although most are technically perennials, ornamental varieties are usually grown as annuals because of their susceptibility to frost. Not so the aptly-named hardy fuchsia: not only is it cold-hardy to Zone 5, but it’s extremely low-maintenance, requiring only occasional watering in ...