Making the Most of Shade: How to Plan, Plant, and Grow a Fabulous Garden that Lightens up the Shadows

Making the Most of Shade: How to Plan, Plant, and Grow a Fabulous Garden that Lightens up the Shadows

by Larry Hodgson
Making the Most of Shade: How to Plan, Plant, and Grow a Fabulous Garden that Lightens up the Shadows

Making the Most of Shade: How to Plan, Plant, and Grow a Fabulous Garden that Lightens up the Shadows

by Larry Hodgson

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Overview

A gorgeous celebration of the shade garden—featuring nearly 300 perennials, annuals, bulbs, ferns, ornamental grasses, and climbing plants that will thrive without direct sunlight
A shaded garden can be a soothing sanctuary that even the most dedicated sun worshipper can welcome on a hot summer day. But how do you get plants to grow in a spot where trees and shrubs hide the sun? In this stunning volume, garden expert Larry Hodgson shows how to create a lush and lovely garden filled with plants that will flourish in the shade.

The first part covers the basics of shade gardening, including planning, planting, and problem-solving. Here readers will find out how to use shade-tolerant grasses and groundcovers for the root-filled areas under trees; discover solutions for dry shade and heavy needle and leaf drop; and learn what to do if a tree should fall and a shade garden is suddenly thrust back in the sun. The second part is devoted to an encyclopedia of shade-loving plants.

Complete with expert designs for five different kinds of shaded gardens, Making the Most of Shade is a splendid new gardening title by the popular author of Perennials for Every Purpose, which Susan McClure, author of Easy-Care Perennial Gardens, called "a treasure . . . the next best thing to having a friendly expert whispering in your ear as you plan, plant, and perfect your perennial garden."

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781579549671
Publisher: Harmony/Rodale
Publication date: 04/16/2005
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 416
Sales rank: 257,516
Product dimensions: 7.54(w) x 9.14(h) x 0.65(d)

About the Author

LARRY HODGSON is the author of the Rodale books Perennials for Every Purpose and Annuals for Every Purpose. A regular contributor to garden magazines here and in Canada, he has also been radio garden commentator for CBS Radio. Hodgson lives in Sainte-Foy, Quebec.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsv
A Letter from Larryvi
Part ICreating a Showcase of Shade
Chapter 1Shade Is What You Make of It3
Chapter 2Making Shade17
Chapter 3Gardening in Shade37
Chapter 4Problem Solving71
Chapter 5Making It Work: Designing for Shade89
Part IIThe Best of the Best for Shade
Chapter 6Perennials for Shade115
Chapter 7Annuals for Shade233
Chapter 8Bulbs for Shade267
Chapter 9Ferns for Shade317
Chapter 10Grasses for Shade339
Chapter 11Climbing Plants for Shade367
Resources390
Recommended Reading392
Photo Credits393
Index394
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map408
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