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Quick links to the shade-loving plants in our catalog

Do you have a dark spot in your garden which needs brightening up? Here are some plants which love the shade. For gardeners who are fond of common names, we've included the most widely used common names for these plants.

Click on the name of any of the plants to view that plant's page.

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PERENNIALS    GRASSES    SHRUBS    TREES & VINES

Perennials

plant namecommon namenoteshardy
zone
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Alchemilla ellenbeckii  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April–mid-August.

6

6.75

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Aruncus dioicus ‘Zweiweltenkind’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms June–July.

5

7.00

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Asarum caudatum f. album  drawing available  partial shade  shade lover

White-flowered Western Wild Ginger

Blooms April – June.

7

8.00

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Asarum splendens  partial shade  shade lover

Chinense Wild Ginger

Blooms April – May

6

9.50

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Athyrium filix-femina ‘Lady in Red’  new plant  partial shade  shade lover

4

8.00

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Athyrium niponicum var. pictum  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Japanese Painted Fern

4

8.00

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Dicentra ‘Margery Fish’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April–May & again in fall.

5

7.25

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Dicentra spectabilis ‘Gold Heart’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April – May.

4

9.50

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Disporum cantoniense ‘Night Heron’  photo available  drawing available  partial shade  shade lover

Cantonese Fairy Bells

Blooms April–July.

5

9.75

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Dryopteris erythrosora ‘Brilliance’  partial shade  shade lover

5

8.00

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Eomecon chionantha  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April.

6

7.00

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Epimedium grandiflorum ‘Purple Pixie’  full sun  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April–May.

5

9.50

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Epimedium x warleyense ‘Orange Queen’  new plant  full sun  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms March–April.

5

9.50

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Geranium monacense ‘Muldoon’  photo available  drawing available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April–August.

4

7.25

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Geranium nodosum  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms May–October.

7

7.25

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Geranium nodosum ‘Svelte Lilac’  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms May – October.

7

7.50

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Geranium phaeum ‘Album’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April–August.

5

7.50

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Geranium phaeum ‘Langthorn’s Blue’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April–August.

4

7.50

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Geranium phaeum ‘Lily Lovell’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April–August.

5

7.50

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Geranium phaeum ‘Samobor’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms May–September.

5

7.50

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Geranium phaeum ‘Walküre’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April – August.

5

7.50

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Helleborus x ballardiae ‘HGC Pink Frost’  photo available  full sun  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms January – March.

5

11.00

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Ligularia przewalskii  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms July–August.

5

7.00

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Ligularia stenocephala ‘The Rocket’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms July–August.

5

7.75

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Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Golden Creeping Jenny

Blooms April–September.

5

6.75

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Matteuccia struthiopteris  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Ostrich Fern

3

7.00

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Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum ‘Variegatum’  drawing available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April – May.

4

10.75

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Pulmonaria ‘Apple Frost’  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms March–April.

4

7.00

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Pulmonaria ‘Benediction’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms early March–May.

4

7.00

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Pulmonaria ‘Berries and Cream’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms March–April.

4

7.00

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Pulmonaria ‘Excalibur’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms March–May.

4

7.50

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Pulmonaria ‘Little Star’  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms early March – April.

4

7.00

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Pulmonaria longifolia ssp. cevennensis  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Cevennes Lungwort

Blooms March – April.

4

7.00

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Pulmonaria ‘Majesté’  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms March–April.

4

7.50

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Pulmonaria ‘Roy Davidson’  photo available  drawing available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms mid-February–May.

4

7.00

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Pulmonaria saccharata ‘Highdown’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Bethlehem Sage

Blooms February–April.

4

7.00

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Rohdea japonica  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms June–July.

6

8.00

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Trachystemon orientalis  photo available  full sun  partial shade  shade lover

Oriental Trachystemon

Blooms March.

6

7.50

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Tricyrtis ‘Blue Wonder’  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms September – October.

5

7.75

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Tricyrtis ‘Empress’  photo available  drawing available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms August – September.

5

7.75

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Tricyrtis formosana ‘Samurai’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms August–September.

5

7.75

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Tricyrtis ‘Hatatogisa’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms September–October.

5

7.75

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Tricyrtis hirta ‘Moonlight’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms September–October.

5

7.75

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Tricyrtis x ‘Sinonome’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms September–October.

5

7.75

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Trillium albidum  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Sweet Trillium

Blooms mid-March – late April.

6

7.75

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Trillium catesbaei  new plant  partial shade  shade lover

Catesby’s Trillium

Blooms April–May.

4

7.75

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Trillium grandiflorum ‘Snowy White’  partial shade  shade lover

White Wake Robin

Blooms March–May.

4

7.75

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Trillium luteum  drawing available  partial shade  shade lover

Yellow Wake Robin

Blooms April–early June.

5

7.75

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Trillium sessile  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April – May.

4

7.75

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Uvularia grandiflora  drawing available  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms March–April.

3

7.00

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Ornamental Grasses

plant namecommon namenoteshardy
zone
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Carex elata ‘Knightshayes’  partial shade  shade lover

5

7.50

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Carex morrowii ‘Ice Dance’  partial shade  shade lover

5

7.50

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Carex elata ‘Aurea’  partial shade  shade lover

Bowles Golden Sedge

5

7.50

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Carex conica ‘Snowline’  new plant  partial shade  shade lover

Miniature Variegated Sedge

Blooms May.

5

7.50

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Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Golden Variegated Hakonechloa

6

8.50

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Hakonechloa macra ‘All Gold’  photo available  partial shade  shade lover

Golden Hakonechloa

6

8.50

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Hakonechloa macra ‘Beni-kaze’  partial shade  shade lover

6

8.50

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Shrubs

plant namecommon namenoteshardy
zone
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Buddleja x weyeriana ‘Bicolor’  full sun  shade lover

Blooms July – early October.

5

9.75

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Buxus sempervirens ‘Vadar Valley’  full sun  partial shade  shade lover

5

7.00

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Buxus microphylla japonica ‘Green Beauty’  full sun  partial shade  shade lover

Littleleaf Boxwood

6

7.00

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Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis  drawing available  partial shade  shade lover

Dwarf Sweetbox

Blooms March – April.

6

9.00

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PERENNIALS    GRASSES    SHRUBS    TREES & VINES


Trees & Vines

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