Our list of the best botanic gardens in Southern California spans Santa Barbara to San Diego and includes gardens everyone ...

Without planning, a landscape of California native plants can feel a little drab, especially in late summer when many go ...

Meadow rue (Thalictrum polycarpum) is a California native buttercup for the shade garden that has soft, intricately-laced leaves atop succulent stems that rise up from underground. Anemone or ...

Discover five shade-tolerant veggies for low-light gardens. Get expert tips from gardeners on growing snap peas, beetroot, ...

Plant brightly-colored impatiens next to one of these nine shade-loving companion plants to ensure your shade garden looks ...

If you are looking for a background plant for a shade garden, Acanthus mollie is the ... never entirely predictable and often a surprise. California native of the week: Matthew Hunt also grows ...

Those shady spots in the landscape can make it challenging to grow a beautiful garden. Fortunately, there are more plants ...

Usually we think of shade as the kiss of death for a flower garden. This isn't really true. Here are quite a few options for ...

Japanese painted fern (Athyrium filix-femina) is a small, well-behaved fern that makes a graceful addition to shade garden plants. It won’t grow too big or too rambunctious. Instead, it beckons ...

Shade gardens allow unexpected or unique plants to thrive. Victorians, for example, amassed ferns in their shade gardens, making “ferneries” where guests could sit and while away the hours ...

Hostas always will be king of the shade garden. Hostas are extremely hardy and require little maintenance. The variations of colour, sizes and leaf shapes are endless, offering bold foliage that ...