Shade gardening success with The Horti-Culturalists + how to choose the best plants for shade

How to make your shady borders work brilliantly. Advice from Stephen Ryan of ‪@thehorti-culturalists‬ on how to choose and look after plants for shade and also find out what kind of shade you have! Then go over to the Hort-Culturalists to check out Flowering Plants for Shade:    • Collaboration: With Alexandra of The ...  
00:00 You have lots of choices in a shady garden
00:19 The Hort-Culturalists YouTube channel:    / @thehorti-culturalists  
00:53 Define what sort of shade you have
02:02 How to increase the amount of light you have
03:02 What to plant in dry shade
04:33 Important tips about caring for new plants in dry shade
05:45 Planting under and around conifers
06:44 Lifting the crown of a conifer to gain more light
06:50 Can you put raised beds around conifers?
07:30 Understanding partial shade
08:30 Use a climbing hydrangea for a shady wall
08:46 The difference between morning and afternoon sun!
09:34 Plants for a border which has shade in the morning and sun in the afternoon
10:22 Plants for a border that gets morning sun and afternoon shade
11:03 What to plant in shady pots
11:42 Good foliage plants
13:10 How to experiment with what you plant in shady areas
14:39 Plant shade-loving self-seeders
15:35 Video on Flowering Plants for Shade:   • Collaboration: With Alexandra of The ...  

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