Gardener's Garden
Made in the Shade: Part Four
Keep cool under the canopy.
This is the last of a series of columns dedicated to the pleasures and surprises found in gardening in the cool of a shady garden. In previous articles, I discussed the types of plants that grow best in filtered shade and dappled shade. This article is devoted to plants that work where the sun almost never shines — dense, deep shade. Residents of the Potomac River corridor can escape the heat of summer in the shade of the woodland areas that run along the river and its tributaries. The large leafed tree canopy and evergreens in these areas can result in conditions where the understory growth gets very little or no direct sunlight. Urban gardeners can also find this kind of shade in enclosed yards where walls or trees block direct sunlight…
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