Tag: sunlight
Shade Tolerant Species Genuinely Shine
UNITED STATES—Home gardens are getting shadier as bigger modern homes occupy smaller modern lots. Bigger homes make bigger shadows. So do their bigger fences...
Shade Imposes Limitations On Gardening
UNITED STATES—Home gardens are becoming shadier. Modern homes are taller to fit closer together. Modern fences are taller to compensate. Densely evergreen trees and...
Gain An Hour Of Sleep, Lose More Sunlight
UNITED STATES—Well, if you don’t know by now, let me remind you, this Sunday is Daylight Savings Time. What does that mean? Well it...
Sunlight Is Becoming A Commodity
UNITED STATES—Shade trees no longer get the appreciations that they deserve. Only half a century ago, they were important components of suburban landscapes. Big...
Sun Scald Happens Here Too
UNITED STATES—Those who enjoy gardening where winter weather is harsh likely know what sun scald is. It happens late in winter, if exposed bark...
Gravitropism Gets Germinating Seeds Oriented
UNITED STATES—Germinating seedlings know which way is up. Perhaps they just know which way is down. They cannot see, hear, taste, smell or feel...
Shade Can Be An Asset
UNITED STATES—Just about every home garden has some sort of shade. Even if there are no substantial trees or shrubbery, there are northern walls...
Tropism Gives Plants Some Direction
UNITED STATES—When a seed germinates, the roots know that they want to go down, and the new stem knows that it wants to go...
Shade Is Not For Everyone
UNITED STATES—There is no way around it. Just about every garden has some degree of shade. Even low profile single story houses without eaves...
Plants Are Particular About Exposure
UNITED STATES—One of the most important differences between plants and animals is that animals are 'animated', and plants are not. Aquatic plants might float...