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Not all shade in your garden is created equal. Before plunking down expensive plants for your shade garden, consider the type of shade first.

Heat and wind can cause significant damage to desert garden plants.

A gardening book that highlights garden planning, design, plant selection and special techniques shared by some of the top gardeners in America.

Some flowers and plants prefer sun, some prefer shade. Is your garden sunny or shady or part sun or part shade? Find out how to tell the difference.

A popular and charming cottage garden plant that adds grace to partly shaded gardens, the bleeding heart is a long-time beloved plant in heirloom gardens.

To get glorious flowers without much work or trouble, try growing camellias. They will delight the fussiest gardener with their exquisite blooms

The Golden State is red, pink and white this winter as thousands of evergreens begin to flower. Find out why Camellias love California.

Bird shelter, such as trees, brush piles and nesting boxes, adds warm, dry, safe refuges to your backyard bird habitat.

The colors of fall have made their way to the south, where the stunning fall maples are in full color. These bright reds are show stoppers in the early morning sunlight.

When the organic garden lies fallow in the winter, many gardeners rely on houseplants like poinsettias to extend their hobby into the winter months.

Small apartments inhibit gardening scope. A vertical garden, with simple plants and sensible plant containers, ensures constant greenery with minimum use of floor space.

Ornamental and flowering shrubs are usually thought of as sun-loving plants but these large, blooming plants all do well in part shade or full shade areas.

Foliage plants play a big role in garden design. They offer contrasting leaf color and texture, and help to ground the colorful flowers in a mixed border.

The foxglove is versatile. It can be tall enough for the back of the border or left to go to seed at the edge of a woodland garden. It's a perfect plant for naturalizing.

Rhododendrons are attractive evergreen flowering shrubs giving stunning displays of huge, brilliantly coloured blooms, but most species will only grow well in acid soil

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Water is one of the things that make good bird habitat. Here are some pointers for choosing a bird bath or water feature, picking the best location, and maintaining it.

Modern low-maintenance plants surrounding walkway and patio edges in memorial and meditation garden designs convey intimacy. Choosing suitable garden plants is crucial.

A modern family garden should be a garden for the whole family to enjoy, bringing together influences from each member of the family, including the children.

'They always get too big, ungainly and out of control' is the criticism regularly levelled at shrubs. But this is not so with many easy to care for woody evergreens.

Acers demand the right soil conditions and location to give their best, but care is rewarded by stunning leaf colour, especially in autumn. Many have a pleasing habit.

When I first saw Purple Robe Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Purple Robe’) in flower, I knew I had to have it.

Deciduous shrubs are great additions to the garden and these spring blooming shrubs are some of the most pleasant and familiar of the spring-flowering plants.

The earliest blooms in the garden frequently give us a taste of spring, a promise that warmer days are coming. These spring flowering plants make a garden burst alive.

Cutting flowers to bring indoors - a luxury of having a home garden that everyone should enjoy. Here are a few perennial plants with summer blooms that last indoors.

Growing all the vegetables a family can eat in gardening space previously unseen. Unconventional vegetable gardening techniques are becoming more popular all the time.

The Hosta Garden was donated by the Arnold Arboretum and is a must-see. The Governors Grove celebrates Maine's 60 governors. Open year round and free to all.

Too often soil in the garden is degraded and washed away because it has no protection. Plants struggle to grow because moisture evaporated from the soil too quickly.

Sites with dry shade are a challenge, but careful plant selection can make all the difference. To ensure success, select ground covers that thrive in tough conditions.

Harbingers of spring, and shining gems of color in the autumn, crocus bulbs are popular for small garden spaces. See how to care for and use them in the garden.

Japanese maples and elderberry plants have heavily dissected leaves and fall interest for the garden. However, Sambucus shrubs tolerate colder winter conditions.

Gazing balls are enjoying a renaissance of use as landscape decorations. These strategically placed orbs bring drama to flower gardens, sitting areas, yards and walkways.

Azalea species and hybrids give stunning displays of colourful, sometimes fragrant flowers in spring and early summer. They prefer partial shade and lime free soil.

Australia is a land full of climates, from the tropical north to the sub-tropical areas in the south. Learn how to grow roses in these vastly different micro-climates.

Plants are becoming expensive. As a result, many gardeners are setting aside space in their gardens to propagate their own stock, adding plants to their gardens for free.

Everyone who owns a home with room for a garden knows that to have that area properly landscaped will add both beauty and value to the home.

Most roses prefer at least 6 hours of sunlight per day, but there are some roses that are perfect choices to grow beneath trees. Shade-tolerant roses do exist.

Winter/spring-blooming Asian witchhazels - Hamamelis xintermedia, H. japonica and H. mollis - exhibit potential in garden landscapes as focal points and in shrub borders.

Virginia spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana), Virginia Native Plant Society 2008 Wildflower of the Year, is a long-blooming herbaceous perennial for native plant gardens

Weeping form evergreen shrubs keep their foliage providing extra interest to any garden area. See six favorite weeping evergreen shrubs; broadleaf and conifers.

To design gardens that light up shady spots in summer, try landscaping with drifts of shade-loving flowers that bloom after the main burst of early season color fades.

See how to care for, maintain, and use camellias in the garden. More than beautiful winter flowers and evergreen foliage the camellia has a lot to offer gardeners.

Those wanting to make a little extra income - and who doesn't these days - may find a solution in their garden.

A look at plants that can really make a garden pop with color and interest.

Container gardens can create a natural sanctuary in a busy city street, along rooftops or on balconies. They are not difficult to grow and satisfy that urge to garden.