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Part shade plants

549 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 549 plants, 469 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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Ever After Pink Reblooming Azalea

Rhododendron 'Rlh2-3p8-2'

Part shadeZones 6–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Carex oshimensis 'CarFit01'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Carex morrowii 'Everglow'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

Part shadeZones 5–912 inModerate

Evergreen Huckleberry

Vaccinium ovatum

Part shadeZones 7–107.5 ftModerate

Evergreen Wood Fern

Dryopteris intermedia

Part shadeZones 5–82 ftModerate

Carex oshimensis 'Everillo'

Part shadeZones 5–912 inModerate

Carex oshimensis 'Everlime'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Carex oshimensis 'Everoro'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Eversheen Sedge

Carex oshimensis 'Eversheen'

Part shadeZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Fairytrail Bride Hydrangea

Hydrangea 'USHYD0405'

Part shadeZones 7–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Fairytrail Fresco Cascade Hydrangea

Hydrangea 'Wnhydfbpbmh'

Part shadeZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Fairytrail White Cascade Hydrangea

Hydrangea 'Wnhydfbvywmh'

Part shadeZones 6–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

False Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum racemosum

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Astilbe × arendsii 'Fanal'

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftHigh

Fantasy Pocahontas Anemone

Anemone hupehensis 'Pocahontas'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Feather Falls Sedge

Carex 'Et Crx01'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Feathered Friends Fancy Finch Ajuga

Part shadeZones 4–94 inModerate

Feathered Friends Fierce Falcon Ajuga

Part shadeZones 4–98 inModerate

Feathered Friends Noble Nightingale Ajuga

Part shadeZones 4–94 inModerate

Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga

Part shadeZones 4–98 inModerate

Rhododendron 'Fireball'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Fireworks Rex Begonia

Begonia rex 'Fireworks'

Part shadeZones 10–1112 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno'

Part shadeZones 3–78 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Illicium floridanum

Part shadeZones 8–108 ftModerate

Florida Flame Azalea

Rhododendron austrinum

Part shadeZones 6–99 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Flowering Dogwood

Part shadeZones 5–923 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Part shadeZones 4–912 inModerate

Carex tumulicola

Part shadeZones 6–1012 inModerate

Heuchera 'Forever Purple'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Heuchera 'Forever Red'

Part shadeZones 4–912 inModerate

Rhododendron 'Formosa'

Part shadeZones 7–96 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Fragrant Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans

Part shadeZones 7–1115 ftModerate

Hosta 'Francee'

Part shadeZones 3–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Frances Williams

Hosta 'Frances Williams'

Part shadeZones 3–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Tellima grandiflora

Part shadeZones 4–72 ftModerate

Fringed Bleeding Heart

Dicentra eximia

Part shadeZones 3–912 inModerate

Part shadeZones 3–84 ftModerate

Verbesina virginica

Part shadeZones 85 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

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Heuchera 'Georgia Peach'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Giant Chain Fern

Woodwardia fimbriata

Part shadeZones 8–106 ftModerate

Galanthus elwesii

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rhododendron 'Gibraltar'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Girard's Crimson

Rhododendron 'Girard's Crimson'

Part shadeZones 5–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Aruncus dioicus

Part shadeZones 3–74 ftModerate

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hosta 'Gold Standard'

Part shadeZones 3–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Golden Columbine

Aquilegia chrysantha

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–76 ftModerate

Golden Hakone (Aureola)

Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Golden Lights'

Part shadeZones 4–75 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Helleborus × hybridus 'Golden Lotus'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Golden Mop False Cypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Mop'

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

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