Shade-Loving Spring Perennials Sect C

Start Date

03/20/2021

End Date

03/20/2021

Description

Become a successful shade gardener using versatile, easy-to-grow, spring flowering perennials. From foamflower and heucheras to hydrangeas and ferns, the unique colors and textures of shade loving plants create exciting new effects and beautifully accent existing specimens. Discover native perennials that turn a shaded garden into a lovely sanctuary that will only increase in beauty year after year.
Nancy Bell is the Education and Garden Coach Coordinator at Gateway Garden Center in Hockessin. She has Certificates of Merit in Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Design from Longwood Gardens.

Distance Learning

Yes

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Horticulture / Plants

Health, Safety and Welfare

Hours

1.50

Learning Outcomes

1 Learn a list of attractive, ecologically friendly and trouble-free perennial native plants with spring color.
2 Learn the different degrees of shade from Full Sun to Deep Shade
3 Identify the different perennials for dry soils, average soils, and wet soils and their shade preference

Instructors

Nancy Bell

Course Codes

GAR109

Provider

Mt. Cuba Center

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