Choosing the right plant for the amount of light in your garden is imperative. One of the biggest mistakes that a beginning gardener makes is to put a sun plant where it's receiving either too much shade or a shade plant where it receives too much sun.
All plants require sunlight! Different type of plants requires certain amounts of sunlight to produce energy for growth and flower production, but some plant requires more sunlight than others. When plants are not receiving enough sunlight, they are frequently shorter than normal and new growth is sometimes weak. The foliage may be pale and limp instead of being robust. Flowering will reduce or completely stop. Sun-starved plants are also more prone to disease problems such as mildew. Before selecting plants, it is important to understand the light conditions in your garden.
A perennial plant that grows into a small shrub that blooms for months on end from spring to fall. This plant has unique golden flower bracts and white blossoms for part sun or part shade area. Blooms during warm months and grows 2 to 3 feet tall. Shrimp plants are extremely butterfly-friendly and provide beautiful colors in the garden.
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