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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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Helleborus × hybridus 'Penny's Pink'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 4–96 inLow

Coleus 'Pineapple'

Part shadeZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Coleus 'Pink Chaos'

Part shadeZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Cornus florida var. rubra

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Helleborus × ballardiae 'Pink Frost'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Camellia × 'Pink Icicle'

Part shadeZones 6–96 ftModerate

Pink Marshmallow

Fuchsia 'Pink Marshmallow'

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Pink Perfection

Camellia japonica 'Pink Perfection'

Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate

Clethra alnifolia 'Pink Spire'

Part shadeZones 3–96 ftHigh

Pink Wishbone Flower

Torenia fournieri

Part shadeZones 10–1110 inModerate

Rhododendron 'PJM'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Heuchera 'Plum Pudding'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Professor Sargent

Camellia japonica 'Professor Sargent'

Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate

Purple Browallia

Browallia speciosa

Part shadeZones 10–111 ftModerate

Astilbe chinensis 'Purpurlanze'

Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftHigh

Purple Splendor

Rhododendron 'Purple Splendour'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Rainbow Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Rainbow'

Part shadeZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Raspberry Swirl Rex Begonia

Begonia rex 'Raspberry Swirl'

Part shadeZones 10–1112 inModerate

Red Flash Caladium

Caladium 'Red Flash'

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftHigh

Red Kiss Rex Begonia

Begonia rex 'Red Kiss'

Part shadeZones 10–1112 inModerate

Astilbe × arendsii 'Red Sentinel'

Part shadeZones 4–82 ftHigh

Coleus 'Redhead'

Part shadeZones 10–112 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 10–1112 inModerate

Astilbe japonica 'Rheinland'

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftHigh

Part shadeZones 4–86 ftModerate

Chasmanthium latifolium 'River Mist'

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

River Nile Rex Begonia

Begonia rex 'River Nile'

Part shadeZones 10–1112 inModerate

Rocky Mountain Blue

Aquilegia caerulea

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Rosebud'

Part shadeZones 6–92.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Roseum Elegans'

Part shadeZones 4–86 ftModerate

Osmunda regalis

Part shadeZones 3–94 ftHigh

Royal Purple Lilyturf

Liriope muscari 'Royal Purple'

Part shadeZones 5–812 inModerate

Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice'

Part shadeZones 3–96 ftHigh

Galanthus 'S. Arnott'

Part shadeZones 3–78 inModerate

Sarah Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia 'Sarah'

Part shadeZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Cornus kousa 'Satomi'

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Scarletta Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Zeblid'

Part shadeZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Scintillation'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Coleus 'Sedona Sunset'

Part shadeZones 10–112 ftModerate

Camellia sasanqua 'Setsugekka'

Part shadeZones 7–97 ftModerate

Heuchera 'Silver Scrolls'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Sixteen Candles

Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles'

Part shadeZones 3–94 ftHigh

Smooth Hydrangea

Hydrangea arborescens

Part shadeZones 3–94 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–75 inModerate

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Astilbe simplicifolia 'Sprite'

Part shadeZones 3–812 inHigh

Cornus × rutgersensis 'Stellar Pink'

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Stewartstonian'

Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate

Sugartina Crystalina

Clethra alnifolia 'Crystalina'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftHigh

Sum and Substance

Hosta 'Sum and Substance'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Clethra alnifolia

Part shadeZones 3–96 ftHigh

Sutton's Apricot

Digitalis purpurea 'Sutton's Apricot'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Fuchsia 'Swingtime'

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Tamukeyama'

Part shadeZones 5–98 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Tuberous Begonia

Begonia × tuberhybrida

Part shadeZones 9–1112 inModerate

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Valentine'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Clethra alnifolia 'Caleb'

Part shadeZones 3–95 ftHigh

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