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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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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 'Halcyon'

Full shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 10–112 ftModerate

Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue'

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Cyrtomium falcatum

Full shadeZones 6–101.5 ftModerate

Gleditsia triacanthos

Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate

Full shadeZones 3–92 ftModerate

Ice Dance Sedge

Carex 'Ice Dance'

Part shadeZones 5–912 inModerate

Impatiens walleriana

Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide

Helleborus 'Ivory Prince'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–71.5 ftModerate

Japanese Cleyera

Ternstroemia gymnanthera

Part shadeZones 7–910 ftModerate

Japanese Forest Grass

Hakonechloa macra

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 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

Torenia fournieri 'Kauai Rose'

Part shadeZones 10–1110 inModerate

Dicentra 'King of Hearts'

Part shadeZones 3–910 inModerate

Coleus 'Kong Rose'

Full shadeZones 10–112 ftModerate

Hosta 'Krossa Regal'

Full shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Athyrium filix-femina

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Lavender Impatiens

Impatiens walleriana

Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide

Let's Dance Rhythmic Blue Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla 'SMHMES14'

Part shadeZones 5–92.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftHigh

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis

Full shadeZones 2–78 inModerate

Heuchera 'Lime Rickey'

Full shadeZones 4–912 inModerate

Coleus 'ColorBlaze Lime Time'

Part shadeZones 10–112 ftModerate

Littleleaf Linden

Full sunZones 3–849 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Maidenhair Fern

Full shadeZones 3–81.5 ftHigh

Fuchsia 'Marinka'

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 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

Nonstop Red Begonia

Begonia × tuberhybrida 'Nonstop Red'

Part shadeZones 9–1112 inModerate

Begonia 'Nonstop Rose'

Part shade12 inModerate12 in wide

Northern Exposure Silver

Heuchera 'TNHEUNES'

Part shadeZones 4–92 ftModerate

Northern Sea Oats

Chasmanthium latifolium

Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Heuchera 'Obsidian'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Helleborus × hybridus 'Onyx Odyssey'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Orange Tuberous Begonia

Begonia × tuberhybrida

Part shadeZones 9–1112 inModerate

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Part shadeZones 3–74 ftHigh

Pachysandra terminalis

Full shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

Heuchera 'Palace Purple'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Astilbe japonica 'Peach Blossom'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftHigh

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow

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

Helleborus × ballardiae 'Pink Frost'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Pink Marshmallow

Fuchsia 'Pink Marshmallow'

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Pink Wishbone Flower

Torenia fournieri

Part shadeZones 10–1110 inModerate

Heuchera 'Plum Pudding'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Purple Browallia

Browallia speciosa

Part shadeZones 10–111 ftModerate

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