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Powerful Perennials for Shade Gardens

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Gardeners are fun! Those newbie gardeners become so infatuated with the unique foliage textures of shade perennials like Hosta that they moan because they only have full sun in their garden. The coin flips when years later, their trees, shrubs, and perennials have matured and they do not have enough sun to grow petunias. The solution is to landscape a yard for both full sun and partial shade so a gardener gets the best of both worlds. The shade garden shown in the image above is located in a difficult growing spot, beneath a big pine tree, but by using perennials that grow well in both high mountain gardens and in...