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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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Rhododendron 'Gumpo Pink'

Part shadeZones 6–91.5 ftModerate

Clematis 'Hagley Hybrid'

Part shadeZones 4–98 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 10–112 ftModerate

Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue'

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Hino-Crimson'

Part shadeZones 6–82.5 ftModerate

Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird'

Part shadeZones 3–93 ftHigh

Ice Dance Sedge

Carex 'Ice Dance'

Part shadeZones 5–912 inModerate

Helleborus 'Ivory Prince'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–71.5 ftModerate

Japanese Anemone

Anemone hupehensis

Part shadeZones 4–83 ftModerate

Japanese Cleyera

Ternstroemia gymnanthera

Part shadeZones 7–910 ftModerate

Japanese Forest Grass

Hakonechloa macra

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 5–816 ftModerate

Japanese Maple 'Miyako'

Acer palmatum 'Miyako'

Part shadeZones 5–88 ftModerate

Japanese Painted Fern

Athyrium niponicum

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Japanese Pieris

Pieris japonica

Part shadeZones 5–89.5 ftModerate

Jeddeloh Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis 'Jeddeloh'

Part shadeZones 3–73.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Karen'

Part shadeZones 5–83.5 ftModerate

Torenia fournieri 'Kauai Rose'

Part shadeZones 10–1110 inModerate

Dicentra 'King of Hearts'

Part shadeZones 3–910 inModerate

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Kramer's Supreme

Camellia japonica 'Kramer's Supreme'

Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate

Athyrium filix-femina

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Alchemilla mollis

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Let's Dance Rhythmic Blue Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla 'SMHMES14'

Part shadeZones 5–92.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftHigh

Coleus 'ColorBlaze Lime Time'

Part shadeZones 10–112 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Galanthus 'Magnet'

Part shadeZones 3–77 inModerate

Fuchsia 'Marinka'

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Heuchera 'Marmalade'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Heuchera 'Melting Fire'

Part shadeZones 4–912 inModerate

Heuchera 'Midnight Rose'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Milky Way Kousa

Cornus kousa 'Milky Way'

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Hosta 'Minuteman'

Part shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Astilbe japonica 'Montgomery'

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftHigh

Mountain Fire Pieris

Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire'

Part shadeZones 5–86.5 ftModerate

Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia

Part shadeZones 5–99 ftModerate

Clematis 'Nelly Moser'

Part shadeZones 4–910 ftModerate

Nonstop Red Begonia

Begonia × tuberhybrida 'Nonstop Red'

Part shadeZones 9–1112 inModerate

Begonia 'Nonstop Rose'

Part shade12 inModerate12 in wide

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nora Barlow'

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Northern Exposure Silver

Heuchera 'TNHEUNES'

Part shadeZones 4–92 ftModerate

Northern Sea Oats

Chasmanthium latifolium

Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Nova Zembla'

Part shadeZones 5–86 ftModerate

Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Pearl'

Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate

Heuchera 'Obsidian'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Helleborus × hybridus 'Onyx Odyssey'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Acer palmatum 'Orange Dream'

Part shadeZones 5–813 ftModerate

Orange Tuberous Begonia

Begonia × tuberhybrida

Part shadeZones 9–1112 inModerate

Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki'

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Part shadeZones 3–74 ftHigh

Heuchera 'Palace Purple'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Digitalis purpurea 'Pam's Choice'

Part shadeZones 4–84.5 ftModerate

Hosta 'Patriot'

Part shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Astilbe japonica 'Peach Blossom'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftHigh

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow

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