reviewed by Christina Lopez
Shade loving plants other wise known as the sciophytes. But plants loves sunlight right? After all sunlight helps in the process of photosynthesis. But these shade loving plants or sciophytes, they do require sunlight for photosynthesis but in a small amount and they tend grow in shade.
They require less amount of sunlight because they tend to have more number photosynthetic units. They are very beautiful plants and they are perfect for garden.
Shade loving plants are also called as shade tolerance plants. They are mainly used for the purpose of enhancing the beauty of the garden and hence they are widely used in the world.
When you compare with other plants, shade loving plants require less amount of care and maintenance and they are much easy to handle.
Shade loving plants just requires around 4 hours of sunlight in order to grow, shade loving plants include fruits and vegetables as well.
They require less amount of space in order to grow, unlike other plants who requires at least minimum amount space.
They are even fertilizer efficient as well, which means it is just enough if you are able to provide a little amount of fertilizer.
The demand of these wonderful plants is really high because of their low maintenance and cost.
These plants can even enhance the beauty of your kitchen. Here is the list of some of the great shade loving plants which will enhance the beauty of your garden.
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About Christina Lopez
Christina Lopez grew up in the scenic city of Mountain View, California. For eighteen ascetic years, she refrained from eating meat until she discovered the exquisite delicacy of chicken thighs. Christina is a city finalist competitive pingpong player, an ocean diver, and an ex-pat in England and Japan. Currently, she is a computer science doctoral student. Christina writes late at night; most of her daytime is spent enchanting her magical herb garden.
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