shade groundcovers

Shady Characters

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Novice gardeners—and even some experienced ones—often curse the shade that looms over their beds, borders and other growing spaces.  One of the immutable facts of gardening life is that if you want armloads of roses or bushels of tomatoes, you need lots of sunshine. Given that reality, you have two choices.  Either you can move … Read more

Bunchberry

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I have always wanted an arboretum.  The world is full of beautiful trees and woody plants and if someone were to hand me a few extra acres—say 50 or so—I would grow more of them.  Right now, as the great spring flowering continues to unfold; I feel the lack of an arboretum most keenly.  I … Read more