Instead, add these precious blooms to add life and light into those dark corners of your backyard. Here are 7 shade-loving plants for containers — chosen by gardening experts.

One of the best flowering plants for pots is an old standby: the petunia. Its bell-shaped flowers are available in white, red, pink, salmon, yellow, purple, and black, as well as new striped ...

Create your own hanging baskets, including ideas for containers, how to do it, and a list of good plants for sun or shade Updated: Apr. 14, 2012, 12:30 p.m ...

However, not all plants will thrive in this sort of environment. Here, we asked the experts to share their favorite porch-friendly picks. Whether you’re working with filtered morning sun or deep shade ...

It does well in containers. This versatile plant fills a landscape with color, shape and texture all year. Periwinkle: It grows best under shaded conditions and even in full sun.

Every garden has a shady spot, whether it's the whole plot or just a shady corner. Finding plants that will thrive makes life so much easier as they'll naturally want to grow there. Shade is generally ...

Try transferring yours to a hanging pot and see if it doesn’t rebound. I did it with one of my plants once and it recovered quickly. It’s not obvious how much water remains in the soil ...

Most non-native food plants require 50% shade cloth, so it may seem like a good idea to just grow them under a tree canopy. In practice, however, this is harder than it seems.