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Garden Guide: Top 10 sun and shade plants

By CTV Atlantic

Published: May 23, 2013 at 2:36PM EDT

Top 10 sun and shade plants Emily Tregunno shares her top 10 list of plants that love the sun, and plants that love the shade.

Here are my top 10 sun and shade lists! - Emily Tregunno

Top 10 Sun

Coneflowers/Echinacea
Dipladenia
Dwarf Burning Bush
Dahlias
Perennial geraniums
Gailardia
Junipers
Clematis
Sedums
Sunflowers

Top 10 Shade

Hostas
Dicentra (Bleeding heart)
Helleborous
Impatiens
Lobelia
Begonias
Coleus
Heliatrope
Astilbe
Dwarf Rhododendrons

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