The Dark Side of Your Yard
Shade gardening is a type of gardening many new gardeners don’t think of. Most seem to think that in order to have a beautiful blooming garden, you need to put plants in areas that get sunlight. That’s BS. Excuse me, I mean, that’s not entirely true. In fact there are some shade loving plants that are absolutly beautiful. Many shade loving plants also tend to have beautiful colors and textures on their leaves and stalks as well, which helps bring beauty and interest to a previously drab, dark or boring area of your yard. And the fun part: gardening on even the darkest side of your yard, is not difficult at all. What makes it tricky (well, a little) is the fact that there are varying levels of shade at any given time of the day. Some areas of your yard for instance, may have filtered sunlight throughout most of the day instead of full shade. Other areas may seem to never see sun at all, and still others may have deep shade for most of the day, with bright direct sunlight for a small part of the day too. And these variations in the amount of sun or shade a given part of your yard has will determine the success or failure of your shade garden.
There are some shade loving plants which cannot tolerate any direct sun for instance, but they’ll do just fine with a bit of filtered sunlight each day. Other shade loving plants though, prefer to grow in full, deep, dark shade all the time. Follow this link and I’ll give you some more clues about gardening in the shade.
