Every garden has a shady spot, whether it's the whole plot or just a shady corner. Finding plants that will thrive makes life so much easier as they'll naturally want to grow there. Shade is generally ...
Ferns might lack flowers, but they're great plants for a shady spot. Many are evergreen and most have intricately cut leaves that are as beautiful as any bloom. Which? Gardening magazine grew a range ...
In general, more-upright leaves (that is, those with smaller stem–leaf angles) reduce the amount of shade on neighbouring plants and increase ... field trials took place at four locations ...
Plants that are close together do everything they can to intercept light. This "shade avoidance" response has been extensively researched. It is therefore even more remarkable that researchers ...