Is your yard starved for sun? Turn your backyard into a thriving oasis with these tried-and-true shade garden plants.

Window boxes are a wonderful way to add color and charm and curb appeal for your home. They’re great for expanding your planting area, too, whether you live in a house or apartment. You also can swap ...

Gone are the days when people filled their front garden beds with flats of annual flowers to create a summer-long carpet of color. That’s just too expensive and too much work these days for all but ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Many of our favorite flowers require full sun to grow. But, what about the corners and spots under trees ...

When daylight shrinks and borders fade to grey, one small, reliable plant can keep patios and window boxes smiling. As nights lengthen, many readers ask ...

Garden centers are chock-full of plants now, which makes it easy to buy plants impulsively that might not be suitable for your garden. I have resorted to looking through racks of plants that were just ...

Want to know the plant of choice for shady spots in your garden? Your answer: Caladiums. These shade lovers produce exceptional foliage that can be tucked away in the shadier parts of your yard or ...

When you're designing and brainstorming the best plants for a shade garden, you're not beholden to ground covers and tiny flowers. While full sun might sound like a requirement for having tall plants, ...

Hey there, fellow Marin home gardener. Got a shady spot in your garden that’s begging for some native greenery? Let me tell you about some wonderful native plants that are perfect for those shady ...

There are plenty of low-light indoor plants that will work for dim rooms and gloomy hallways that aren’t flooded with natural light. It means dark and shady corners or windowless spaces in your home ...

For all 45 years that I’ve been doing my radio programs I’ve kept logs of all the questions that have prompted listeners to call in for help. Season after season, for all those years, “Lawns” have ...