Brighten up the shaded areas of your yard with shade-loving, flowering woodland plants. Here are some plants (with photographs) and the shade level they prefer.

To understand the shade in your backyard ... well in a rock garden or its native woodland environment. Hummingbirds and bees will find their way to this plant. Another hardy groundcover, Irish ...

‘Brandywine’ has glossy green leaves with red veining and long-lasting white bottle-brush flowers in April that are ...

"Jacob’s ladder is a great native perennial companions for azaleas, especially those that bloom earlier in spring," Starkey ...

Strawberry bush. Sweet bubby. Sweetshrub. Whatever you call it, anyone can recognize this native plant by the pleasant scent.

By Amy-Lynn Albertson N.C. Cooperative Extension The Rowan County Extension Master Gardener Plant Sale is happening on May 3 ...

Blue woodland phlox is my favorite for sun/part shade. The plant itself is low-growing and spreads rapidly; in the spring it sends up lovely purplish-blue flowers on slender stalks that “dance ...

In our area, the time to prepare beds for planting ferns is in the spring since all but the hardiest species die back in our winter temperatures.