Best Shade Garden Plants
There is no lack of choice plants for specialty and semishady sites. The following lists include some of the good shade-tolerant plants available to gardeners.
 Wintercreeper thrives in moderate shade. |
| Shade-Tolerant Perennials Anemone Astilbe Balloon Flower Barrenwort Bellflower Bergamot Bergenia Bleeding Heart Bowman's Root Bugleweed Siberian Bugloss Creeping Buttercup Cardinal Flower Chameleon Plant Black Cohosh Columbine Coralbell Crane's Bill Daylily Dichondra Foxglove Globeflower Goat's Beard |
Goldenstar Hosta Ladybells Leopard's Bane Ligularia Toad Lily Lily-of-the-Valley Liriope Gooseneck Loosestrife Lungwort Dead Nettle Pachysandra Plume Poppy Primrose Rodgersia Christmas Rose Meadow Rue Self-heal Speedwell Spiderwort Turtlehead Yellow Waxbell Violet |
Shade-Tolerant Shrubs Abutilon Amelanchier Japanese Andromeda Azalea Banana Shrub Boxwood Camellia Alpine Currant Daphne Red Osier Dogwood Gardenia Oregon Grape Michigan Holly Hydrangea Inkberry Kerria Mountain Laurel Drooping Leucothoe Dwarf Myrtle Sweet Olive Japanese Podocarpus Rhododendron Reeves Skimmia Snowberry Summersweet Common Witch Hazel American Yew |
Shade-Tolerant Vines |
Want more information about shade gardens? Visit these links:
- Garden Types: Explore a variety of wonderful garden types.
- Gardening: We answer all of your general gardening questions in this section.
- Shade Garden Plants: Learn about the plants that thrive in shade gardens.
