Yahoo: 11 Shade-Loving Plants That Grow Easily in Containers and Thrive in Low-Light Spots Around Your Yard or Patio 11 Shade-Loving Plants That Grow Easily in Containers and Thrive in Low-Light Spots Around Your Yard or Patio In Southern gardens, many perennial plants benefit from being planted in part shade. Learn what partial shade really means and how to site plants accordingly in the garden. Discover beautiful ...

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No sun, no problem. Perk up your porch with ideas for potting our favorite shade-loving plants that will inspire your planting this season. Sure, lilacs and lavender need hours of sunlight to thrive. But give us shade plants such as hostas, ferns, tree peonies and lacecap hydrangeas luxuriating in a dappled shade, and we’re over the moon.

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Treasure Coast Newspapers: Gardening in Florida: Selecting the right plants for a shade garden In a recent column, I reminisced about afternoons outside under trees during the summer with Granny Cloud and watermelon. The shady spots were nothing fancy, a few chairs and a few shade-loving plants ... Both annual and perennial plants can work in containers. Here are 11 plants that thrive in container gardens in shady areas of your landscape.