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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Flowering Dogwood Tree, Hemlock: Shade Plants



Flowering Plants
Flowering dogwood tree is one of the hottest landscaping trees out there. But while it's a hot item, the flowering dogwood tree prefers a spot in your landscaping where it can stay cool, in the shade.

Flowering dogwood tree wants to have it "made in the shade." Homeowners eager to garden in shade-plagued areas with their favorite plants probably wonder why this phrase has such a positive connotation. They find their garden design plans thwarted again and again by the lack of sunlight in their gardens. But there's a shade plant or shade-tolerant answer to almost any landscaping need, as this Top 10 list for the shade shows. For trees, not only does the list include flowering dogwood tree, but also hemlock (in case you prefer an evergreen). Quite simply, the following list is composed of ten different categories of plants, all of which are shade plants -- or at least shade-tolerant.

SOURCE:By David Beaulieu, About.com

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