Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. plants in shade garden - Photos By R A Kearton/Getty Images Just because you have a shady yard doesn't mean it has to be bare.

Gardening is so perverse sometimes. We fuss and fume over recalcitrant plants that resist every inducement to thrive, while right in front of our eyes a spectacular plant goes unnoticed simply because ...

I aspire to be the Goatsbeard King of Cornish Flat. Maybe I already am. I have several, and no one else I know here grows goatsbeard (Aruncus dioecious). It is one of many flowers I grow that do well ...

Just because you have a shady yard doesn't mean it has to be bare. Although many plant species thrive when given ample sunlight, there are plenty of shade-lovers that are happiest in the cooler, ...