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Plants for shade

511 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 511 plants, 466 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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Actaea racemosa

Part shadeZones 3–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Coleus 'Black Dragon'

Part shadeZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Black Sea Coral Bells

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Blackout Coral Bells

Heuchera 'Blackout'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Lamprocapnos spectabilis

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Blood Moon Rhododendron

Rhododendron 'Blood Moon'

Part shadeZones 5–87 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Sanguinaria canadensis

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Bloombux Blush Rhododendron

Rhododendron 'Microhirs3'

Part shadeZones 6–82.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

BloomStruck Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla 'PIIHM-II'

Part shadeZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hosta 'Blue Angel'

Full shadeZones 3–93 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Blue Ivory Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Ivory'

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Blue Mistflower

Conoclinium coelestinum

Part shadeZones 5–102 ftModerate

Blue Moon Woodland Phlox

Phlox divaricata 'Blue Moon'

Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate

Blue Mouse Ears Hosta

Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears'

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Blue Star Japanese Aster

Aster incisus 'Blue Star'

Full sunZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Blue Wood Aster

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Blue Wood Sedge

Carex flaccosperma

Part shadeZones 5–88 inModerate

Blue Zinger Sedge

Carex flacca 'Blue Zinger'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod

Solidago caesia

Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Blush Pink Nandina

Nandina domestica 'AKA'

Part shadeZones 6–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Blushing Knock Out Rose

Full sunZones 5–83.5 ftModerate

Bobee Northern Bayberry

Myrica pensylvanica 'Bobzam'

Full sunZones 3–76 ftModerate

Nephrolepis exaltata

Part shadeZones 9–112 ftHigh

Bottle Rocket Ligularia

Ligularia 'Bottle Rocket'

Part shadeZones 4–62.5 ftModerate

Bottlebrush Buckeye

Aesculus parviflora

Part shadeZones 5–810 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bottlebrush Grass

Part shadeZones 5–93 ftModerate

Boulevard Edda Clematis

Clematis 'Evipo074'

Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Boulevard False Cypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'

Part shadeZones 4–85.5 ftModerate

Boulevard Ravel Clematis

Clematis 'Evipo122'

Full sunZones 4–94.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Boursault Rhododendron

Rhododendron 'Catawbiense Boursault'

Part shadeZones 4–86 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Bowles' Golden Sedge

Carex elata 'Aurea'

Part shadeZones 5–82 ftModerate

Astilbe × arendsii 'Brautschleier'

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftHigh

Bridesmaid Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia 'Bridesmaid'

Part shadeZones 5–86 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Brilliance Autumn Fern

Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance'

Part shadeZones 5–92 ftModerate

Bristleleaf Sedge

Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate

Brome-Like Sedge

Carex bromoides

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Bronze Beauty Cleyera

Ternstroemia gymnanthera 'Conthery'

Part shadeZones 7–109 ftModerate

Bronze Wave Coral Bells

Heuchera villosa 'Bronze Wave'

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Brouwers Beauty Pieris

Pieris 'Brouwer's Beauty'

Part shadeZones 5–86.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Browallia speciosa

Part shadeZones 10–111 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Brunette Bugbane

Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group) 'Brunette'

Part shadeZones 3–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Brunnera macrophylla

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Bubble Up Beautyberry

Callicarpa japonica 'SMNCJLIEP'

Full sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Bubbly Wine Weigela

Weigela florida 'FLORACLAR'

Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–96 inModerate

Cornus canadensis

Part shadeZones 2–68 inModerate

Bunny Blue Sedge

Carex laxiculmis 'Hobb'

Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate

Dicentra 'Burning Hearts'

Part shadeZones 3–910 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Burning Love Japanese Leucothoe

Leucothoe keiskei 'Opstal 50'

Part shadeZones 6–102.5 ftModerate

Butterfly Blue Pincushion Flower

Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue'

Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

California Fescue

Festuca californica

Part shadeZones 7–102.5 ftLow

California Privet

Ligustrum ovalifolium

Full sunZones 5–812 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Cream'

Part shadeZones 4–94 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Camelot Lavender

Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Lavender'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Coleus 'Campfire'

Part shadeZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Taxus canadensis

Part shadeZones 2–74.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Canby's Mountain Lover

Paxistima canbyi

Part shadeZones 4–712 inModerate

Candybox Chilean Guava

Ugni molinae 'PI16'

Full sunZones 8–114.5 ftModerate

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