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shade gardening

The older my garden gets, the more shady beds and borders I have. Great plants and sensible strategies for growing in shade.

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shade plants we crave, with ken druse

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solutions for dry shade and other shady spots, with ken druse

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trilliums in trouble, with mt. cuba’s amy highland

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our desert island plants: native spring woodland perennials, with ken druse

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growing hellebores, with judith knott tyler

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tips for planting under trees; using ‘pea brush’ and more: q&a with ken druse

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growing epimediums in the shade garden, with karen perkins

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a plant i’d order: hakonechloa ‘all gold’

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underplanting: making ‘a tapestry garden,’ with marietta o’byrne

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dreaded norway maples, good groundcovers (including sedges): shade-garden q&a with ken druse

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earwigs, shrubs in pots, color for the shade and more: q&a with ken druse

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growing trilliums, with tony avent of plant delights

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recap: 10 thoughts on successful underplanting

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bigger the better: aralia cordata and its cousins

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‘the new shade garden,’ with ken druse

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psychedelic garden: my first adventure with deciduous azaleas

a plant i’d order: darmera peltata, a shady western native

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a plant i’d order: pulmonaria rubra

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look closer at spring wildflowers, with carol gracie

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fine-tune your garden: designer katherine tracey helps us take a hard look

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6 lessons about hosta, with tony avent

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impatiens downy mildew forecast: too soon to tell

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making mosaics: my video on underplanting

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chasmanthium, a native grass for shade

'horticultural how-to and woo-woo' with margaret roach, head gardener