Shade Doesn’t Have to Be Boring

Shady areas of any yard provide welcome refuge during steamy hot summers (like the one we just had). They also bring unexpected beauty and interest to low-lit areas. As the gardening season begins to wind down, stroll around your garden and look for areas that could benefit from more color and variety. We offer a broad array of perennials and shrubs that grow splendidly in shady to partly shady sites. Plant multiples of one type of plant to create a swath of color or repeat trios of different plant groupings to enjoy a mosaic effect with pleasing variations of color,…

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Category Amaryllis

Amaryllis: Trumpets of Winter

Written by Tovah Martin Illustrations by Michelle Meyer Reprinted with permission, excerpted and adapted from the December 2001/January 2002 edition of The Gardener magazine. Gardening is not, in general, overburdened by foolproof flowers, but Amaryllises are as  close as you’ll come…

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