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The one main thing I have learned being in Spain all these


years and working with plants, is that no matter what type of plant you have, within reason, they all benefit massively from some shade at some point of the day. The size and colour and vigour of the plants that have some shade, even if they are supposed to be a sunny plant, is enormous.


You can test this yourself, take two plants the same, type and pot size, and put one in a sunny spot with all day sun and another with half day sun and watch what happens even with the same quantity of water. There are two main reasons for this, the sun is brutal as you will all know, and as much as even we as humans need sunlight to help get vitamin D and feel good, too much can be a killer. Secondly if they get partial shade the ground is cooler and loses less moisture so the plant has a more easily accessible food source.


The best way to create shade of the natural variety is to obviously plant some trees, as long as you have the space, but if you don’t


then there are other options available. Give


your plants the same care and attention you would give yourself in the summer sun and watch them burst into life and really help create a garden.


So keep in the shade, enjoy the rest of your summer and remember, if you need any help with organising your planting list we can help choose and supply everything you need.


For more information please give us a call on 696 283 704, email info@charlesworthgardens.com


or vists or websites www.charlesworthgardens.com, and www.floresgardencentre.com.


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