Shade Gardening: Shade Garden Inspiration - Show off your garden!, 1 by jkom51

jkom51 wrote:
"Shade" in CA, even Northern CA, can be misleading. It's more like 'partial sun' elsewhere, because the UV index is so high here. Even our cloudy days can be very bright indeed! So the nasturtiums keep blooming in this area even into early summer, because the trees start to leaf out by May, keeping the soil cool enough for them to survive. Here they are in all their early glory, though - a previous April: