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Full shade plants
25 garden plants that grow well in full shade, with bloom times and hardiness zones. Match the plant to the light you actually have.
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FoliageBlue Angel
Hosta 'Blue Angel'
Full shadeZones 3–93 ftModerate
FoliageChristmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Full shadeZones 3–91.6 ftModerate
FoliageCitronelle
Heuchera 'Citronelle'
Full shadeZones 4–91.1 ftModerate
Double Rose Impatiens
Impatiens 'Rockapulco Rose'
Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide
FoliageFire and Ice
Hosta 'Fire and Ice'
Full shadeZones 3–91.1 ftModerate
FoliageHalcyon
Hosta 'Halcyon'
Full shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
FoliageHolly Fern
Cyrtomium falcatum
Full shadeZones 6–101.6 ftModerate
FoliageHosta
Hosta
Full shadeZones 3–92 ftModerate
Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide
FoliageKong Rose
Coleus 'Kong Rose'
Full shadeZones 10–112 ftModerate
FoliageKrossa Regal
Hosta 'Krossa Regal'
Full shadeZones 3–93 ftModerate
Lavender Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide
Lily of the Valley
Convallaria majalis
Full shadeZones 2–78 inModerate
FoliageLime Rickey
Heuchera 'Lime Rickey'
Full shadeZones 4–912 inModerate
FoliageMaidenhair Fern
Adiantum
Full shadeZones 3–81.3 ftHigh
Pachysandra
Pachysandra terminalis
Full shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Red Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide
Rose Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide
Salmon Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide
Scarlet Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide
Sweet Woodruff
Galium odoratum
Full shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Violet Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide
White Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide
FoliageWild Ginger
Asarum
Full shadeZones 4–86 inModerate
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