Bugleweed ( Ajuga) is a perennial ground cover that tolerates all light levels, but grows rapidly in areas with partial shade ...

Just a few years ago, the words shade garden plants brought to mind hostas, ferns, impatiens and maybe some astilbe. Shady areas were viewed as a fine place to rest awhile on the garden bench ...

Is your yard starved for sun? Turn your backyard into a thriving oasis with these tried-and-true shade garden plants. All ...

Add these tall, shade-loving plants to your yard and garden for extra height and texture—even without getting ample sunlight.

Shade gardens can be underrated areas of an outdoor space; here garden designer Lottie Delamain offers tips on how to do them ...

As you prepare your summer shade garden, think about plants whose primary ornament is their foliage. Here are a few of that work well in the Washington garden. Forget the bedding wax begonia.

Interestingly, the Edison and Ford families also used many of these plants. When creating your garden, it helps to make a map of shade locations throughout your landscape and make note of the time ...

If you have a garden that is mostly in the shade, it can be a challenge to find plants that do well under full or partial shade rather than full sun. There are some plants that actually thrive in ...

Shade gardens offer opportunities to grow plants that will not thrive in locations with higher levels of sunlight, and they also offer opportunities for more enjoyment of gardening on days with ...

The planting season is underway, and gardeners are making tough decisions about perennials, annuals and what to put where.

Use hostas as understory plants below trees or with taller shrubs. Line a pathway or driveway or nestle them in with other shade-loving perennials in a garden. The more unusually colored hostas ...