List of shade plants
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These plants are good for varying levels of shade. Click on the plant name (not photo) for more details on whether they like part-shade, deep-shade or both.
Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs
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Acanthus mollis
Bear's breech -
Aconitum
Monkshood -
Ajuga
Carpet bugle -
Alchemilla
Lady's-mantle -
Anemone
Windflower -
Anthurium
Flamingo flower -
Aquilegia
Columbine -
Aruncus
Goat's beard -
Asarum
Wild ginger -
Aspidistra elatior
Cast-Iron plant -
Astilbe
False spiraea -
Astrantia
Masterwort -
Bletilla striata
Chinese ground orchid -
Browallia
Amethyst flower -
Brunnera macrophylla
Brunnera -
Caladium bicolor
Fancy-leafed caladium -
Campanula (some)
Bellflower -
Carex
Sedge -
Clivia miniata
Kaffir lily -
Coleus hybridus
Coleus -
Colocasia esculenta
Elephant's ear -
Convallaria majalis
Lily-of-the-valley -
Dicentra (most)
Bleeding heart -
Digitalis
Foxglove -
Doronicum
Leopard's bane -
Potentilla indica
Indian mock strawberry -
Hyacinthoides
Bluebells -
Galium odoratum
Sweet woodruff -
Gentiana
Gentian -
Geranium (some)
Cranesbill -
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
Japanese forest grass -
Helleborus
Hellebore -
Hepatica
Liverleaf -
Heuchera
Coral bells -
Hosta
Plantain lily -
Impatiens (most)
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Inula helenium
Elecampane -
Iris foetidissima
Gladwin iris -
Lamium maculatum
Dead nettle -
Lilium
Lily -
Liriope
Lily turf -
Lobelia (most)
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Mertensia virginica
Virginia bluebells -
Milium effusum 'Aureum'
Bowles' golden grass -
Mimulus hybrids
Monkey flower -
Myosotis
Forget-me-not -
Polygonatum
Solomon's seal -
Primula
Primrose -
Prunella
Self-heal -
Pulmonaria
Lungwort -
Saxifraga
Saxifrage -
Schizanthus pinnatus
Poor man's orchid -
Senecio hybridus
Cineraria -
Smilacina racemosa
False Solomon's seal -
Soleirolia soleirolii
Baby's tears -
Spigelia marilandica
Pinkroot, Indian pink -
Thalictrum
Meadow rue -
Tiarella
Foamflower -
Tolmiea menziesii
Piggy-back plant -
Torenia fournieri
Wishbone flower -
Tricyrtis
Toad lily -
Trillium
Wake Robin -
Trollius
Globeflower -
Viola
Viola, Pansy
Ground covers
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Aegopodium podagraria
Bishop's weed -
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
Porcelain berry -
Clematis (some)
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Cornus canadensis
Bunchberry -
Cymbalaria muralis
Kenilworth ivy -
Fragraria chiloensis
Wild strawberry -
Glechoma hederacea
Ground ivy -
Hedera
Ivy -
Lonicera (some)
Honeysuckle -
Mitchella repens
Partridgeberry -
Monstera deliciosa
Split-leaf philodendron -
Pachysandra terminalis
Japanese spurge -
Rhoicissus capensis
Evergreen grape -
Trachelospermum jasminoides
Star jasmine -
Vinca
Periwinkle
Shrubs
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Abutilon
Flowering maple -
Acanthopanax sieboldianusz 'Variegatus'
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Actaea
Baneberry -
Aucuba japonica
Japanese aucuba -
Buxus
Boxwood -
Clethra alnifolia
Summersweet -
Cycadaceae
Cycads -
Fatsia japonica
Japanese aralia -
Hamamelis
Witch hazel -
Ilex
Holly -
Kalmia latifolia
Mountain laurel -
Lindera
Spicebush -
Nandina domestica
Heavenly bamboo -
Pittosporum tobira
Tobira -
Phapis
Lady palm -
Rhododendron
Azalea -
Ribes sanguineum
Pink winter currant -
Ruscus
Butcher's broom -
Sarcococca
Sweet box -
Symphoricarpos (some)
Snowberry -
Taxus
Yew -
Viburnum (evergreen)
Trees
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Acer palmatum
Japanese maple -
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Katsura tree -
Cercis canadensis
Eastern redbud -
Davidia involucrata
Dove tree -
Laurus nobilis
Sweet bay -
Palms (some)