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Plants for Shade Areas of Your Garden

You can find the perfect plant for a shady garden if you have part-shade or full-shade spots in your garden. Shade-tolerant plants can have flowers, colorful leaves, great patterns, or a combination. Choose between perennial plants and annuals for shade gardens.

Pale lavender flowers of the woodland phlox

Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata)

Flowers, Ground Cover, Low maintenance, Native Plants, Plants, Shade Areas

As soon as the weather starts to warm, we begin to scour our garden for the first sign of flowers. The daffodils and crocuses are usually the first ones to show up, but if you want a carpet of color in early spring, a low-growing phlox is the way to go. Woodland phlox (Phlox divaricata) forms dense clusters of delicate, fragrant blooms that …

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Copper iris flowers (Iris fulva)

Copper Iris (Iris fulva) – A Native Plant for Wetlands and Wildlife

Deer-resistant, Featured, Flowers, Heat-tolerant, Low maintenance, Native Plants, Shade Areas, Wet Soils

Large, copper or brick-red colored flowers adorn the flower spikes of the copper iris (Iris fulva). Native to wetland areas, this unique plant thrives in wetter soils, making it an excellent addition to gardens with moist conditions. We planted this iris in our backyard in a spot with wet, clay soils. It has flourished, spreading and producing …

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Cluster of blue mistflower lavender flowers

How to Grow Blue Mistflower – Get Lavender Flowers in the Fall

Drought-tolerant, Flowers, Low maintenance, Native Plants, Shade Areas, Wet Soils

In late summer, pockets of lavender color begin to appear along the sides of roads, at the edge of streams, in old fields, and in wetlands or other moist-soil areas. These fuzzy lavender-colored flowers belong to the blue mistflower, also known as wild ageratum, a plant native to the central and southeastern U.S. Adding blue mistflower …

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How to Grow and Care for Swamp Sunflower – Helianthus angustifolius

Flowers, Low maintenance, Native Plants, Shade Areas, Wet Soils

In the middle of summer, the bright yellow, showy flowers of swamp sunflower light up my garden. This perennial's flowers keep blooming into the fall. It’s late October, and I still have bright yellow flowers that add some fall color to my yard. We have a patch in our backyard that stays wet most of the time. The neighbor's yard and our front …

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Plant These Native Shrubs for Vivid Fall Color

Deer-resistant, Low maintenance, Native Plants, Shade Areas, Trees & Shrubs, Wet Soils

Fall is a great time to enjoy the beauty of nature in your garden. Native shrubs offer various foliage colors, colorful berries, textures, and shapes that will add interest and color to your yard all season long. Add a few native shrubs for fall color into your landscape! Witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) In late fall and early winter, this …

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Cardinal Flower Grows In Wet Soils & Attracts Hummingbirds

Deer-resistant, Flowers, Heat-tolerant, Native Plants, Shade Areas, Wet Soils

Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) is a perennial native plant that blooms from mid-summer to fall. The flowers on the bottom of its tall stalk bloom first, gradually opening to the top of the stem. It is also known as red cardinal plant or red cardinal flower. Colorful Plant for Moist Soils - How to Grow Cardinal Flower This native plant …

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