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Shine in the shade

These plants don't mind a garden short on sun

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By Ellen C. Wells
Globe Correspondent / June 11, 2009

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In the garden, full sun is a golden opportunity. The growing possibilities are endless: fat sunflowers, ripe, juicy tomatoes, mushrooming perennials, and the nonstop colors from a thousand varieties of annuals. (Full article: 790 words)

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