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Plants for Shade

Plants that Grow in the Shade

 

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A garden in the shade isn’t a problem—it’s an opportunity. There are many interesting plants that thrive in full to part shade. By using the right plants you can make a shady corner a highlight in your landscape.

 

Perennials

 

Ajuga reptans   (Bugleweed)

Anemone sylvestris (Snowdrop Anemone)

Aquilegia spp.  (Columbine)

Aruncus dioicus (Goatsbeard)

Asarum spp.   (Ginger)

Astilbe spp.   (False Spirea)

Athyrium spp.   (Fern)

Bergenia cordifolia  (Pigsqueak)

Brunnera macrophylla (Heartleaf Brunnera)

Carex spp.  (Sedge)

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (Leadwort) 

Chelone spp.  (Turtlehead)

Cimicifuga racemosa  (Black Snakeroot)

Dicentra spp.  (Bleeding Heart)

Epimedium spp. (Barrenwort)

Galium odoratum  (Sweet Woodruff)  

Heuchera spp.  (Coral Bells)

Helleborus spp. (Lenten Rose)

Hosta spp.  (Plantain Lily, Hosta)

Lamium maculatum  (Dead Nettle)

Ligularia spp. (Ligularia)

Liriope spp.  (Lilyturf)

Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)

Lysimachia nummularia   (Creeping Jenny) 

Osmunda spp.  (Fern)

Pachysandra spp.  (Spurge)

Phlox stolonifera (Creeping Phlox)

Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern)

Pulmonaria spp. (Lungwort)

Tiarella cordifolia (Foamflower)

Tricyrtis spp.   (Toad Lily)

 

Shrubs


Aesculus parviflora (Bottlebrush Buckeye)

Clethra alnifolia (Summersweet)

Diervilla spp. (Bush Honeysuckle)

Fothergilla spp. (Fothergilla)

Hydrangea arborescens  (Smooth Hydrangea)

Hydrangea quercifolia  (Oakleaf Hydrangea)

Ilex spp.  (Holly)

Itea virginica (Virginia Sweetspire)

Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel)

Lindera benzoin (Spicebush)

Rhododendron spp.  (Rhododendron, Azalea)

Taxus spp.  (Yew)

 

Trees

 

Acer palmatum  (Japanese Maple)

Aesculus pavia  (Red Buckeye)

Amelanchier spp.  (Serviceberry)

Cercis spp.   (Redbud)

Chionanthus spp.  (Fringetree)

Cornus spp.  (Dogwood)

Fagus spp.  (Beech)

Halesia spp.  (Silverbell)

Magnolia virginiana  (Sweet Bay Magnolia)

Oxydendrum arboreum (Sourwood)

Parrotia persica (Persian Ironwood)

Stewartia spp.  (Stewartia)

Styrax japonica  (Japanese Snowbell)

 

Sources: Compiled from experience. For more information visit us on the web at www.behmerwald.com