"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Before shopping for shade flowers, watch your garden at various times of day. Full shade is considered 3 ...

Shade-loving perennials provide dependable color and texture in the cooler, lower-light areas of the garden, and in USDA Zone 6, many perform well. This zone stretches from the southern part of New ...

We all know that plants need sunlight to survive, but what if that's precisely the thing your backyard is lacking? The cheery sight of some bright and colorful potted flowers might just be the perfect ...

A poet is said to be someone who sees the world each day as if for the first time. I can vouch for this poetic feeling whenever I see certain plants, no matter how familiar they might be. At this time ...

Usually we think of shade as the kiss of death for a flower garden. This isn’t really true. Here are quite a few options for blooming plants that are often forgotten just because they aren’t ...

Purple is all the rage among gardeners and Mother Nature’s palette is well endowed with shades of purple flowers, fruit and foliage. Looking for perennials with purple flowers? Consider bear’s ...

* What it is: A shade-preferring, flowering groundcover that has showy silver leaves with green edges and magenta-purple flowers in spring. Blooms sporadically through the summer and has foliage that ...

If you've always wanted pink and purple French hydrangeas but your plants stay stubbornly blue, try this soil amendment that's hiding in your fireplace.

Before you head out to the nursery to purchase a tree for your landscape, there are some important things to consider.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Spring has sprung, and one telltale sign is the fields of purple flowers in the area. These plants appear in corn and soybean fields, where they are visible to passersby. Learn more ...

Although we typically associate sunshine with plant growth, you don't have to let a lack of light stop you from growing your dream garden! Believe it or not, numerous flowers actually thrive in the ...