Colorful Shade Gardens
Do you crave those full-sun plants for your shady, shady property? Crave no more! By applying proper techniques and selecting the right plants, a shade garden can become your showcase – an easy-to-maintain garden that is beautiful in all seasons.
Master Gardener Deb Breck, an experienced shade gardener, will teach us how to assess shady areas and show us some of the many annuals, bulbs, deciduous and evergreen shrubs and trees, ferns, ornamental grasses and perennials that thrive in shady conditions.
Table of Contents
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Time Topic
0:00 Introduction
2:13 Advantages of Shade
6:07 What is Shade
10:13 The Petunia Test
12:05 General Issues
14:28 Design–Color and Light
17:25 Design—Four-season Interest
19:16 Design–Spring
21:25 Design–Summer
23:43 Design–Fall
27:00 Grasses and Sedges
28:30 Resources
33:24 Ground Covers
36:16 Wet Shade
39:17 Controlling Ivy
41:56 Conclusion