There are a lot of unique opportunities and techniques, such as container gardening and rock gardening, to enhance your yard.

To make your garden beautiful you'll use:

• bulbs
• trees
• bushes and
• shrubs

There will be lots of color and lots of texture. I'm talking about

• azaleas
• rhododendron

• hydrangea

• hosta
• and much more

It's likely you'll have to amend the soil a bit, which is very easy to do. While at the garden center you may need to get:

• soil
• peat moss
• mulch
• fertilizer

Most of you don't have as much shade as I do however, most do have some shady area that would be enhanced by shade plants, shade perennials and shrubs.

One of the first things is to determine how much shade you have and how it changes over the course of the day, as well as over the year. Another is whether your soil is dry or moist.

I think the thing I'd like to get across to you is that all gardening is a work in progress. It really doesn't end. You don't have to complete your project all in one day. It's a good idea to do a little, let it go for a day or so. See what it looks like, then plan your next step.

With a little planing a little designing and a trip to the garden center you will be ready to put on your work clothes and start your easy shade garden.

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Bulbs for Shade Gardening Bulbs for shade gardening elevate the appeal and look of your shady spots with refreshing flashes of color and style.

Composting Composting is by far the best way to nourish your plants.

Container Gardening in Shade Container gardening in shade will add interest and even a bit of whimsy to those areas you have all but given up on.

Flower Shade Gardening Flower shade gardening offers a chance to use plants not seen in the sunnier garden.

Ground Cover Ground Cover performs several functions in your shade garden.

Azalea Azalea is part of the rhododendron family so the requirments are basicly the same.

Caladiums Caladiums are grown for their leaves of varying colors and their striking veins.

Coleus Coleus will provide season long color and texture to your

Ferns Ferns make a great addition to any shade garden.

Hosta Hosta plants are my favorite of the shade perennials.

Rhododendron Rhododendron is a large family of shrub. There are over 900 species, with a wide range of color, leaf size and shape.

Apparel You should make yourself as comfortable as you can while you are gardening.

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