Gardener's Garden
Made in the Shade (Part 3)
What to do with a bit of dappled light under the trees …
In the past two weeks, I’ve been exploring the kinds of shade that might be found in a garden: filtered or partial shade, dappled shade and deep shade. Last week I wrote about the satisfaction that a gardener can have in choosing versatile plants for an area that gets primarily filtered or partial shade. This column will focus on areas that get dappled shade — the kind of shade that occurs under the canopy of large-leafed trees or evergreens. It is also the kind of shade that is a welcome respite from summer sun and heat and where a constantly moving shade pattern protects under-story plants from the adverse effects of sun and heat. Dappled shade can be dry shade, as the leaves of the trees keep off a great deal of the rainfall, and tree …
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