Blooming from late summer to fall, these flowers bring late-season color to shaded garden areas. Japanese anemones thrive in partial to full shade and well-drained soil. I enjoy the graceful ...

Fuchsias will provide plenty of color and vibrancy in your garden and these intricate plants ... a shade plant that thrives in partial to full shade and will bloom all summer long.

Essayist Reiko Masuda (1929-2012) once noted, "I cannot help feeling that even though all these flowers bloom ... the shade. To be truthful, I never thought of it as beautiful until this summer.

Q I have waited all season for my hydrangeas to bloom and had nary a one until now. Now, they are covered (see reader's photo ...