Is your yard starved for sun? Turn your backyard into a thriving oasis with these tried-and-true shade garden plants. All plants need a little TLC when getting established. Even those listed as shade ...

These shade-loving plants are perfect for outdoor and indoor gardens with dark spots. From Hosta to Begonias to Bleeding Hearts, here’s what to plant in shade.

Plants who enjoy part shade really don’t do as well in full sun in the afternoon hours, from 2-5 p.m., and like their unobscured sunshine in the morning. Then there are plants who prefer full shade.

Give your winter garden a tropical look with shade-loving fatsia japonica. Also known as aralia, these evergreen shrubs add a little spice to shady areas in your Pacific Northwest Garden.

Use with elephant ears or shade loving gingers for a tropical garden. One of the prettiest plantings I have ever seen used the cast iron in a Japanese garden complete with fountain, ...

If you find yourself looking for some exotic, colorful plants for the summer shade garden, look no further than the Brazilian plume flower. It is so wonderful that it was once known botanically as ...

A wonderful group of plants called gingers thrive in the heat and delight us with bold foliage and attractive flowers.

This will give your plant purchases the best chance of a long, healthy life. Far from being a challenge, the shady areas of ...

If you want to learn more, plan to attend “The Shady Side of Gardening” workshop at Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 8.

It was on a garden tour in North Carolina that her thinking began to evolve. She saw a range of tropical plants — red-leaved bananas and more — used artfully in a landscape of mostly hardy plants.

Probably the first pioneer plants to arrive in Hawaii were mosses and ferns. Ferns have been around for over 360 million ...