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Plants for shade

176 plants for shade in the BloomsEye library, with bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs.

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How this list is made

Derived from each plant's trait tags, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 176 plants, 90 have been checked against outside sources (13 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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Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Alba'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Hakonechloa macra 'Albostriata'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Astilbe × arendsii 'Amethyst'

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftHigh

Helleborus × hybridus 'Anna's Red'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Apricot Tuberous Begonia

Begonia × tuberhybrida

Part shadeZones 9–1112 inModerate

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftHigh

Dryopteris erythrosora

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 5–812 inModerate

Part shade12 inModerate12 in wide

Hakonechloa macra 'Beni-Kaze'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Coleus 'Black Dragon'

Part shadeZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Lamprocapnos spectabilis

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

BloomStruck Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla 'PIIHM-II'

Part shadeZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Hosta 'Blue Angel'

Full shadeZones 3–93 ftModerate

Blue Zinger Sedge

Carex flacca 'Blue Zinger'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Nephrolepis exaltata

Part shadeZones 9–112 ftHigh

Bowles' Golden Sedge

Carex elata 'Aurea'

Part shadeZones 5–82 ftModerate

Astilbe × arendsii 'Brautschleier'

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftHigh

Browallia speciosa

Part shadeZones 10–111 ftModerate

Brunnera macrophylla

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–96 inModerate

Dicentra 'Burning Hearts'

Part shadeZones 3–910 inModerate

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftHigh

Coleus 'Campfire'

Part shadeZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Carolyn Whorton Caladium

Caladium 'Carolyn Whorton'

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftHigh

Catalina Midnight Blue

Torenia fournieri 'Catalina Midnight Blue'

Part shadeZones 10–1110 inModerate

Polystichum acrostichoides

Full shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Helleborus niger

Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Part shadeZones 3–93.5 ftHigh

Helleborus × ballardiae 'Cinnamon Snow'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Heuchera 'Citronelle'

Full shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Coleus scutellarioides

Part shadeZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Creeping Lilyturf

Liriope spicata

Part shadeZones 4–1012 inModerate

Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate

Fuchsia 'Dark Eyes'

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Lamium maculatum

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Astilbe japonica 'Deutschland'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftHigh

Dolce Cherry Truffles

Heuchera 'Cherry Truffles'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Double Rose Impatiens

Impatiens 'Rockapulco Rose'

Full shade12 inHigh12 in 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

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

Hosta 'Fire and Ice'

Full shadeZones 3–91 ftModerate

Fireworks Rex Begonia

Begonia rex 'Fireworks'

Part shadeZones 10–1112 inModerate

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Part shadeZones 4–912 inModerate

Heuchera 'Forever Purple'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Fuchsia 'Gartenmeister Bonstedt'

Part shadeZones 9–112 ftModerate

Tsuga canadensis 'Gentsch White'

Part shadeZones 3–75 ftModerate

Full sunZones 3–849 ftModerate

Aruncus dioicus

Part shadeZones 3–74 ftModerate

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Golden Hakone (Aureola)

Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

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