Shade Plants

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

Asarum spp.    Ginger

Astilbe spp.    False Spirea

Athyrium spp.    Fern

Bergenia cordata      Pigsqueak

Brunnera macrophylla       Heartleaf Brunnera

Carex spp.    Sedge

Ceratostigma plum.   Leadwort

Chelone spp.   Turtlehead

Cimicifuga racemosa     Black Snakeroot

Dicentra spp.    Bleeding Heart

Epimedium spp.       Barrenwort

Galium odoratum    Sweet Woodruff          

Heuchera spp.    Coral Bells

Hosta spp.      Plantain Lily

Lamiastrum gale.     Yellow Archangel

Lamium maculatum    Dead Nettle

Ligularia spp.     Ligularia

Liriope spp.     Lilyturf

Lobelia cardinalis    Cardinal Flower

Lysimachia num.     Creeping Jenny

Osmunda spp.   Fern

Pachysandra spp.   Spurge

Phlox stolonifera    Creeping Phlox

Polystichum acro.    Christmas Fern

Pulmonaria spp.   Lungwort

Tiarella cordifolia     Foamflower

Tricyrtis spp.    Toad Lily

Vinca minor    Periwinkle

Shrubs

Fothergilla gardenii    Fothergilla

Hydrangea arbor.    Hydrangea

Hydrangea quer.    Oakleaf Hydrangea

Ilex spp.     Holly

Kalmia latifolia      Mountain Laurel

Leucothoe spp.    Leucothoe

Mahonia spp.      Oregon Grape Holly

Microbiota decussata  Russian Juniper

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 arb.    Sourwood

Parrotia persica    Persian Ironwood

Stewartia spp.     Stewartia

Styrax japonica      Japanese Snowbell

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