Astilbe - or False goat's beard - gives you that much-needed color for shade, along with many other benefits. For instance, ...

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.

Native fruit trees such as persimmon, wild plum, pawpaw and chokecherries can look good and produce nourishment for humans ...

Bellflower can grow as a perennial, biennial, or annual, depending on your growing zone. You can add a little variety to your shade garden by ... to your yard. At 3 feet tall, Actaea is already ...

Dear Master Gardener: I remember my grandmother having bleeding heart plants in her garden and would like to have some in my ...

Also for shade/part shade, consider the hardy begonia as a groundcover. It will survive the cold (even snow) when protected by mulch. The plants for the sale are now in bloom. Need a break?