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Resistance To Challenges: Heavy Shade

11 gardens

A Sampling of Shade Gardens

Bed with poker plant in bloom shaded by low branching tree.

A shaded patio garden incorporating stone walls and rocks.

A shade garden at with a wall seat.

A shaded planting. The knee-high amsonia has pale blue flowers.

A large shade tree underplanted with sedges and heucheras.

Coastal Entryway Garden - Small Space

Entryway planting

Coastal Foundation Garden

Foundation planting

Foundation planting

Coastal Shade Garden

Shade garden under a live oak

Shade garden under a live oak

Shade garden under a live oak

Shade garden under a live oak

Colorful Borders

Mass planted ferns with yellow color brighten up a shade border.

Border in sun flanking a gravel path. Many colors & textures.

Border with white & blue flowers, and 2 lattice obelisks.

Silver-colored plants in a border along a stone walkway.

Cottage Garden in Shade

Cottage garden in spring

Cottage garden in spring

Cottage garden in fall

Deck Planting

Japanese Garden at JC Raulston Arboretum

A viewing window in a bamboo fence.

A quiet spot to relax in the shade.

Japanese Garden in the winter.

The island in the Japanese Garden.

Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Part Sun-Part Shade Garden

Bridge and Cattails

Southwestern Garden Patio with a petrified wood bench

Beds bordered by "urbanite" (recycled concrete)

Garden with Rhododendron 'Julius Kingsley'

Southwest Patio on April 22

Cattail Bridge in spring

Paths & Walkways

Concrete walkway softened by plantings and a strip of lawn.

Border against turfgrass.

A path flanked by azaleas.

An inviting pathway through the woods.

A path flanked by blue and white hydrangeas.

Shady Garden in Cabarrus County

Wild Side Garden entrance

Wild Side Garden

Wild Side Garden

Wild Side Garden

Shady area with child's bed