Brighten up the shaded areas of your yard with shade-loving, flowering woodland plants. Here are some plants (with photographs) and the shade level they prefer.

While many plants reproduce through seeds, ferns reproduce through rhizomes: underground branched stems that run sideways and send out roots and shoots. Propagation through rhizomes is one of the ...

It can be used for erosion control since it spreads by rhizomes. It’s a desert plant that will do well in warm coastal areas. There are about 40 dudleyas, succulents endemic to California ...

The nettle rhizomes have proven to be a success with the secretive bird as they provide tall vegetation for it to hide in when it returns from wintering in Africa. The annual dig and planting is ...

This includes carefully digging up nettle rhizomes from various sites across the north and transporting them to Rathlin, where they are replanted. Since 2014, the efforts have resulted in the bird ...

The flowers open in the sunlight and close at night. The leaves and flowers sprout from a reddish rhizome with a red sap, thus giving this plant its name. Another, trillium (Trillium spp.), ...

First job is to clear any weeds, paying particular attention to any tough perennials with persistent rhizomes or bulbs, such as nutgrass; these should be put in a bag and left in the sun for a ...

Plant potted ephemerals or their corms or rhizomes in either spring or early fall. If sowing seeds, do so in late summer or early fall to allow time for growth and root establishment before winter.