Shade Gardening: Loving the shade, 0 by jkom51

jkom51 wrote:
In December 2004 the last half of the backyard was finally completed. We had our gardener install a dry-concrete patio and two long, curving beds of concrete blocks around the two big old trees which shade the entire area in summer. I started planting in January so everything is modestly-sized. Oxalis pes-caprae is a TERRIBLE weed here, impossible to eradicate! But it does have lovely yellow flowers and so it made this garden bed look quite charming in the spring.