Shade
Gardening is another of the very useful and beautiful Ortho Books for
home gardeners. It includes a plant selection guide of more than 130 plants
with beautiful color photographs, descriptions, hardiness, light requirements,
cultivation tips and suggestions for use in the shady landscape. Trees,
shrubs, perennials, vines, bulbs, ground covers, ferns and annuals are
included. There is a chapter on planning and designing a garden in the
shade with exquisite photographs of shady landscapes. Another chapter
tells how to maintain a healthy shade garden with sections on mulching,
fertilizing, watering, and pruning. It shows how to root-prune to minimize
competition for water and nutrients and how to prune trees by selective
thinning to convert dense shade to dappled shade. Shade gardening provides
information on creating Oriental gardens, azalea gardens and woodland
gardens. It shows how to work with shade using texture and color to brighten
that dark corner in your yard. There are tables that list understory trees,
flowering shrubs, foliage shrubs, perennials, bulbs, vines, annuals and
ground covers suitable for dappled, open, medium and deep shade. Don't
give up on that shady corner that won't even grow grass in the back of
your yard! Create a shade garden! It's easier than you might think. Use
this book as a reference to recommend appropriate plants for your shady
areas, but also read it for the landscaping inspirations that are sure
to germinate.
