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6 Best Plants for Your Garden’s Shady Spots (Slideshow)

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4. White Wood Aster (Aster divaricatus)

This is tricky to find but well worth the hunt. It blooms in mid-August to early September, a time when there is little else flowering. The delicate little white flowers look like daisies. They grow on long runners which look luxuriant. It gets bigger every year and likes shade.

Photo Credit: User:BotBln (Own work: User:BotBln) [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Bonnie M. Bonnie M.
1:36PM PDT on Sep 4, 2012

Thank you- yes, there are a good selection of perennials for shady part of the garden. I have these in my garden, love the tiarellas, the colors get very colorful in the fall. Solomon`s seal also tolerated shady areas.

Elisabeth T. Elisabeth T.
12:39PM PDT on Sep 4, 2012

Beautiful plants, thank you for the information

Jeni G. Jennifer G.
11:48AM PDT on Sep 4, 2012

Thanks for the info!

Nicole Gorman Nicole G.
9:45AM PDT on Sep 3, 2012

Great info!

rene davis rene d.
1:11AM PDT on Sep 3, 2012

interesting!

Tammy Andrews Tammy A.
12:30AM PDT on Sep 2, 2012

Thanks for sharing.

Phillipa W. Phillipa W.
11:33PM PDT on Aug 31, 2012

thanks. I'll look into some of them

Marianne B. Marianne B.
7:12PM PDT on Aug 31, 2012

good info..thanks

Sue Matheson Sue M.
2:39PM PDT on Aug 31, 2012

thanks.

Linda Greene Linda G.
11:44AM PDT on Aug 31, 2012

Great list. Do they do well in a drought?

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