Tag: Shade
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1 Campanula Birch Hybrid Feifei Cui-Paoluzzo//Getty Images Blooming from late spring to early summer, this hybrid bloom is a mix between the Serbian and Adriatic bellflower varieties. Growing wide, but short (under a foot), this plant is traditionally used as a floral filler or groundcover throughout garden beds. Be sure to provide plenty of water,…
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Sunlight is an essential part of greenhouse growing, but when we’re hit with blazing temperatures like this week’s heatwave, it’s crucial that you know how to shade a greenhouse, too. In fact, shading should be factored into all greenhouse ideas. Just as we humans need garden shading ideas to keep cool, so do our plants…
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1 ‘Chocolate Chip’ Bugleweed Pat Jerrold; Papilio//Getty Images Best used as a ground cover in sparse areas of your garden, this variety of bugleweed boasts spiky, violet flowers with dark green and brown foliage. Since this shade-loving plant is so dense, it helps to control stubborn weeds that love to pop through the yard. Consider…