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Part shade plants

269 garden plants that grow well in part shade, with bloom times and hardiness zones. Match the plant to the light you actually have.

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How this list is made

Derived from each plant's sun needs, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 269 plants, 130 have been checked against outside sources (21 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

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Creeping Lilyturf

Liriope spicata

Part shadeZones 4–1012 inModerate

Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Crimson Queen'

Part shadeZones 5–810 ftModerate

Cunningham's White

Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'

Part shadeZones 4–85 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate

Dalmatian Peach

Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Peach'

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Dalmatian Purple

Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Purple'

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Fuchsia 'Dark Eyes'

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Lamium maculatum

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Camellia japonica 'Debutante'

Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate

Delaware Valley White

Rhododendron 'Delaware Valley White'

Part shadeZones 6–83.5 ftModerate

Astilbe japonica 'Deutschland'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftHigh

Clematis 'Doctor Ruppel'

Part shadeZones 4–910 ftModerate

Dolce Cherry Truffles

Heuchera 'Cherry Truffles'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Dragon Wing Pink

Begonia 'Dragon Wing Pink'

Part shade1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Dragon Wing Red

Begonia 'Dragon Wing Red'

Part shade1.5 ftModerate1.5 ft wide

Drooping Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana

Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate

Symphytum grandiflorum

Part shadeZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

Part shadeZones 3–749 ftModerate

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Acer palmatum 'Emperor I'

Part shadeZones 5–816 ftModerate

Hosta 'Empress Wu'

Part shadeZones 3–94 ftModerate

Encore Autumn Amethyst

Rhododendron 'Encore Autumn Amethyst'

Part shadeZones 6–94 ftModerate

Encore Autumn Rouge

Rhododendron 'Conlea'

Part shadeZones 6–94 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'English Roseum'

Part shadeZones 4–86 ftModerate

Escargot Rex Begonia

Begonia rex 'Escargot'

Part shadeZones 10–1112 inModerate

Carex oshimensis 'CarFit01'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

Part shadeZones 5–912 inModerate

Carex oshimensis 'Everillo'

Part shadeZones 5–912 inModerate

Astilbe × arendsii 'Fanal'

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftHigh

Rhododendron 'Fireball'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Fireworks Rex Begonia

Begonia rex 'Fireworks'

Part shadeZones 10–1112 inModerate

Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno'

Part shadeZones 3–75 inModerate

Flowering Dogwood

Part shadeZones 5–923 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Part shadeZones 4–912 inModerate

Heuchera 'Forever Purple'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Heuchera 'Forever Red'

Part shadeZones 4–912 inModerate

Rhododendron 'Formosa'

Part shadeZones 7–96 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Hosta 'Francee'

Part shadeZones 3–92 ftModerate

Frances Williams

Hosta 'Frances Williams'

Part shadeZones 3–92 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Fuchsia 'Gartenmeister Bonstedt'

Part shadeZones 9–112 ftModerate

Tsuga canadensis 'Gentsch White'

Part shadeZones 3–75 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'George Tabor'

Part shadeZones 8–106 ftModerate

Heuchera 'Georgia Peach'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Galanthus elwesii

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Rhododendron 'Gibraltar'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Girard's Crimson

Rhododendron 'Girard's Crimson'

Part shadeZones 5–83 ftModerate

Aruncus dioicus

Part shadeZones 3–74 ftModerate

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Hosta 'Gold Standard'

Part shadeZones 3–92 ftModerate

Golden Columbine

Aquilegia chrysantha

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Golden Hakone (Aureola)

Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Golden Lights'

Part shadeZones 4–75 ftModerate

Helleborus × hybridus 'Golden Lotus'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Symphytum 'Goldsmith'

Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftHigh

Green Hellebore

Helleborus × hybridus 'Green'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Hosta 'Guacamole'

Part shadeZones 3–92 ftModerate

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