Shade Gardens - National Home Gardening Club - Like New

The glories of shade are quickly established. Call to mind a blistering hot summer day, the sweat beginning to trickle off your forehead, and then imagine a tall glass of lemonade with clinking ice cubes and a softly pillowed lounge chair. Where would you place the chair--out in the harsh dazzle of full sunlight? Oh no, we would immediately drag that chair into the cool repose of a shady spot. 

Shade beckons to us. Shade clothes us in a silky coolness that provides a sense of ease while invoking a kind of mysterious air. In contrast, a sunny garden holds no hidden secrets. Plus, the full blast of the sun flattens out flower colors, which in the shade take on a neon brightness. 

White in sunshine seems harshly flat; but in a shaded garden bed, white flowers shimmer like the beam of a flashlight at night. Shade Gardens is a beautifully colored, illustrated guide which will help you design a beautiful shade garden of your own.