List of plants that grow in shade

• Shade loving plants for USDA Zone 1
• Shade loving plants for USDA Zone 2
• Shade loving plants for USDA Zone 3
• Shade loving plants for USDA Zone 4
• Shade loving plants for USDA Zone 5
• Shade loving plants for USDA Zone 6
• Shade loving plants for USDA Zone 7
• Shade loving plants for USDA Zone 8
• Shade loving plants for USDA Zone 9
• Shade loving plants for USDA Zone 10
• Shade loving plants for USDA Zone 11
• Shade loving plants for USDA Zone 12

• Evergreen shade loving plants
• Deciduous shade loving plants

• Drought tolerant shade loving plants

• Shade loving plants providing fall color

• Shade loving plants with edible parts/fruit

• Shade loving plants with flower display

• Shade loving plants with nice foliage

• Shade loving plants with nice fragrance

• Shade loving plants that attract birds

• Shade loving plants that attract wildlife

• Shade loving plants for bonsai

Complete list of shade loving plants

(click on "further results" at bottom of lists to expand the list)

	Max height	Min zone	Exposure	Water
Acer triflorum	30 ft	5	Part-sun Shade
Actaea	2.5 ft		Part-sun Shade	Moderate
Actaea alba	36 in	5	Part-sun Shade	Moderate
Actaea rubra	24 in	3	Part-sun Shade	Moderate
Adiantum aethiopicum	32 in	7	Part-sun Shade	Moist Wet
Adiantum capillus-veneris	24 in	8	Part-sun Shade	Moist Wet
Adiantum concinnum	32 in	10	Part-sun Shade	Moist Wet
Adiantum excisum	20 in	9	Part-sun Shade	Moist Wet
Adiantum formosum	48 in	9	Part-sun Shade	Moist
Adiantum hispidulum	20 in	6	Part-sun Shade	Moist Wet
Adiantum jordanii	24 in	8	Part-sun Shade	Moist Wet
Adiantum macrophyllum	20 in	10	Part-sun Shade	Moist Wet
Adiantum pedatum	24 in	4	Shade	Moist Wet
Adiantum peruvianum	40 in	10	Part-sun Shade	Moist Wet
Adiantum raddianum	24 in	11	Part-sun Shade	Moist Wet
Adiantum reniforme	8 in	10	Part-sun Shade	Moist Wet
Adiantum tenerum	36 in	11	Part-sun Shade	Moist Wet
Adiantum tetraphyllum	40 in	10	Part-sun Shade	Moist Wet
Adiantum venustum	32 in	4	Part-sun Shade	Moist Wet
Aechmea caudata	36 in	9	Shade
Aechmea chantinii	40 in	9	Part-sun Shade
Aechmea dichlamydea	40 in	9	Shade
Aechmea fasciata	27 in	9	Shade
Aechmea fulgens	27 in	9	Shade
Aechmea gamosepala	30 in	8	Shade
Aechmea mariae-reginae	36 in	9	Shade
Aechmea miniata	20 in	9	Shade
Aechmea orlandiana	16 in	9	Shade
Aechmea ornata	3 ft	9	Shade
Aechmea weilbachii	20 in	9	Shade
Aeschynanthus hildebrandii	6 in	11	Part-sun Shade
Aeschynanthus longicaulis	24 in	11	Shade
Aeschynanthus radicans	1.5 m	11	Shade	Moist Moderate
Aeschynanthus speciosus	3 ft	11	Part-sun Shade
Aglaomorpha meyeniana	32 in	11	Part-sun Shade
Aglaonema commutatum	36 in		Part-sun Shade
Aglaonema costatum	12 in	10	Part-sun Shade
Aglaonema crispum	48 in	10	Part-sun Shade
Akebia quinata	10 ft	5	Shade
Alocasia X amazonica	60 in	11	Shade
Alocasia macrorrhizos	17 ft	11	Shade
Alocasia sanderiana	60 in	11	Part-sun Shade
Aspidistra elatior	1 m		Part-sun Shade	Moderate Dry
Asplenium nidus			Part-sun Shade	Moist Moderate
Baby's tears	4 in	9	Part-sun Sun Shade	Moderate
Begonia 'Bonfire'			Part-sun Shade	Moderate Dry Less when dormant
Bergenia			Part-sun Sun Shade
Bleeding Heart	4 ft	3	Part-sun Shade	Moist
Bloodroot	8 in	2	Part-sun Shade
Blue-eyed Mary	12 in		Part-sun Shade
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