Gardening News & Tips

Shade garden designs are often rich in texture and plush foliage. While the selection of shade plants aren't as varied as those of the sun loving plants, you still have a large number of plants from which to choose. Creating a design for your shade garden can involve color, texture, shape or theme.

While some plants that love the shade offer an abundance of flowers, many do not flower throughout the year. If you create a design for your shade garden, which depends on year around color, you'll need to make certain that you include some annuals that bloom throughout the summer months or include flowering plants that vary in blooming time. However, some gardeners find that making a seasonal shade garden is also wonderful. In the spring, summer or fall, the garden displays a show of color. During the non-blooming seasons, it has interesting foliage of varying shades.