Shade

Planting and Growing Astilbes

Your guide to planting, growing, and caring for shade-loving perennials that brighten up any garden

close-up of pink and white bleeding heart flowers

Planting and Growing Bleeding Hearts

Planting, Growing, and Caring for Bleeding Hearts

Caladium

How to Plant and Grow Caladiums

Turn Up the Color with Caladiums!

Spotted dead nettle with purple flowers and silvery leaves edged in green.

Growing Dead Nettle: A Little Shade Goes a Long Way

Colorful primrose flowers in pink, red, white, and purple with yellow centers

Planting and Growing Primroses (Primula spp.)

Cold-hardy blooms for garden beds, borders, and containers

Blossom of bright Pulmonaria in spring. Lungwort. Flowers of different shades of violet in one inflorescence.

How to Grow Lungwort (Pulmonaria): A Reliable Perennial for Shade Gardens

Why Lungwort Is a Must-Have for Shade Gardens

St. Augustine grass, a warm-season turfgrass commonly used in lawns and landscapes,

St. Augustine Grass: Your Ultimate Guide to Growing a Healthy Lawn in Sun and Shade

Key Growing Tips and Care Essentials for a Thriving St. Augustine Grass Lawn

A limestone path separates borders of Hakonechloa macra Aureola, and Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold' a shade loving beautiful golden variegated grass and pink and blue bloomstruck hydrangeas

Planting and Growing Japanese Forest Grass (Hakonechloa macra)

Discover Tips for Planting, Maintaining, and Enjoying This Graceful Shade-Loving Grass

Ajuga reptans grows and blooms in herbs in the wild.

Planting and Growing Ajuga Ground Cover (Bugleweed)

Planting, growing, and caring for ajuga

Pachysandra terminalis growing outside.

How to Grow and Care for Pachysandra

Planting, growing, and caring for Japanese Pachysandra

Mountain Laurel

How to Grow Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)

Learn How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Mountain Laurel Shrubs

Maple Tree With Golden Foliage

How to Grow a Maple Tree

Planting, Growing, and Pruning Maple Trees

A flowering pink rhododendron bush/shrub.

How to Grow Rhododendrons and Azaleas

Planting, Growing, and Pruning Rhododendrons and Azaleas

Colorful coral bells foliage with delicate flower spikes in a shaded garden

Planting and Growing Coral Bells (Heuchera)

Planting tips, care basics, dividing, overwintering, varieties, and problem-solving for coral bells.

Close-up of pink fuchsia in a white container

How to Grow Fuchsia: Planting, Care, and Bloom Tips

Planting, Growing, and Caring for Fuchsia Plants

impatiens

Planting and Growing Impatiens

A Complete Guide to Planting, Growing, and Caring for Impatiens in Shade Gardens and Containers

Planting and Growing Hostas

Big Leaves, Big Personality—Hostas Are the Superstars of the Shade!

Mature white smooth hydrangeas growing along the north side of a house.

Growing Hydrangeas: Planting and Care

Beautiful blooming tiarella in sunny June

Planting and Growing Foamflower (Tiarella)

Purple Torenia Fournieri Flowers, the bluewings or wishbone flower, is an annual plant in the Linderniaceae, with blue, white, or pink flowers that have yellow markings.

Planting and Growing Wishbone Flowers

Planting, Growing, and Caring for Wishbone Flowers

Planting, Growing, and Pruning Viburnum Shrubs

Why Viburnum Shrubs Are a Garden Favorite

Purple turtlehead flower

Planting and Growing Turtlehead Plants (Chelone)

A unique, long-blooming, and pollinator-friendly native perennial that brings lasting color

Marsh Marigold

Planting and Growing Marsh Marigolds

Learn how to plant and care for these water-loving perennials that attract butterflies, bees, and songbirds.

white phlox flowers

Planting and Growing Phlox

From Ground Covers to Garden Giants: Meet the Many Faces of Phlox

Planting and Growing Lily of the Valley

Planting, Growing, and Caring for Lily of the Valley

ZZ plant in a container

ZZ Plant Care: The Complete Guide to Growing Zanzibar Gem Indoors

Care Tips for Watering, Light, Soil, and Propagation of ZZ Plants

A philodendron in a pot

Philodendron Plant Care Guide: How to Grow Lush, Healthy Houseplants Indoors

A Beginner-Friendly Guide to Planting, Growing, and Caring for Philodendrons

Cast Iron Plant

Cast Iron Plant: How to Grow the Hardiest Houseplant Around

Learn how to Plant, Grow, and Care for Cast Iron Plants

A top view of Aglaonema plants or Chinese evergreens in a pot.

Chinese Evergreen Plant Care Guide: How to Grow Aglaonema Indoors

What this popular houseplant needs to thrive indoors

Calathea plants

Calathea Care Guide: How to Keep Your Tropical Houseplant Thriving

Brighten Low-Light Rooms with Stunning, Colorful Foliage That’s Pet-Friendly

Chlorophytum comosum aka spider plant, airplane plant, St Bernard lily, spider ivy or ribbon plant in a terracotta pot

Spider Plant Care: How to Grow and Propagate This Easy Houseplant

Growing Spider Plants: Watering, Lighting, Propagation, and Pests

Snake Plant Care: How to Grow and Care for Mother-in-Law’s Tongue Indoors

A Beginner-Friendly Houseplant That’s Nearly Impossible to Kill

close up of a peace lily flower with greenery and foliage

Peace Lily Care Tips: How to Grow Spathiphyllum Plants

Growing Peace Lily Plants: Watering, Light, Repotting, and Pests

Monstera

How to Care for Monsteras

Growing Monstera Plants: Watering, Lighting, Repotting, Propagation, and Pests

How to Care for English Ivy

Growing English Ivy Plants: Watering, Lighting, Pests, and More