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Monkshood - This tall, elegant plant is a wonderful sight when blooming in September. Most commonly seen are a large, dark green-leaved purple variety, a pure white or a purple-and-white flowered variety. Available, yet less seen are rose and a pale yellow with fine, fern-like leaves. With the rose and yellow's finer leaves, they are less hardy, needing a sheltered spot with a good mulch to pull them through the winter. As the name suggests, Monkshood blossoms look like the hood's of monks, appearing all up the top half of the stem. This plant is best planted at the back of the border, not only for it's height but the roots are poisonous if eaten.

Jack-In-The-Pulpit - This hard-to-find woodland plant is in a class of it's own. The three-leaved plant produces a most intriguing flower in a pouch-like shape, and produces orange berries after flowering. Plants should either be grown from seed or bought from a reputable nursery. Check to see that they are nursery-propagated and not collected from the wild before purchasing. These plants grow from corms like gladioli, and once established, Jack-In-The-Pulpit will produce many offsets to increase your numbers. They require constant moisture or will disappear back into the ground until the following year.

Many more shade loving plants are available to make these places extraordinary. The coolness of the shade only enhances people to sit out and enjoy them more and to envelope the beholder with their beauty. When given adequate moisture, nutrients and the proper plants, a shady spot can become more radiant than a full-sun flowerbed. A gloomy corner can be turned around to be your favourite place, try it.

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