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Plants for shade

435 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 435 plants, 363 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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Aruncus dioicus

Part shadeZones 3–74 ftModerate

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 3–76 ftModerate

Golden Hakone (Aureola)

Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

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

Symphytum 'Goldsmith'

Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Chrysogonum virginianum

Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Green Hellebore

Helleborus × hybridus 'Green'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hosta 'Halcyon'

Full shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hay Scented Fern

Dennstaedtia punctilobula

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Heartleaf Foamflower

Tiarella cordifolia

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 10–112 ftModerate

Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue'

Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cyrtomium falcatum

Full shadeZones 6–101.5 ftModerate

Gleditsia triacanthos

Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate

Full shadeZones 3–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird'

Part shadeZones 3–93 ftHigh

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

Part shadeZones 8–102 ftModerate

Ice Dance Sedge

Carex 'Ice Dance'

Part shadeZones 5–912 inModerate

Impatiens walleriana

Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide

Spigelia marilandica

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Island Alumroot

Heuchera maxima

Part shadeZones 8–102.5 ftModerate

Helleborus 'Ivory Prince'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 3–71.5 ftModerate

Japanese Aralia

Fatsia japonica

Full shadeZones 8–109.5 ftModerate

Japanese Aucuba

Aucuba japonica

Part shadeZones 7–98 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

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Jeddeloh Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis 'Jeddeloh'

Part shadeZones 3–73.5 ftModerate

Pieris japonica 'Katsura'

Part shadeZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Torenia fournieri 'Kauai Rose'

Part shadeZones 10–1110 inModerate

Dicentra 'King of Hearts'

Part shadeZones 3–910 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Clematis 'Evipo097'

Full sunZones 4–93 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Coleus 'Kong Rose'

Full shadeZones 10–112 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 5–820 ftModerate

Hosta 'Krossa Regal'

Full shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftHigh

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis

Full shadeZones 2–78 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Heuchera 'Lime Rickey'

Full shadeZones 4–912 inModerate

Coleus 'ColorBlaze Lime Time'

Part shadeZones 10–112 ftModerate

Littleleaf Linden

Full sunZones 3–849 ftModerate

Long-Beaked Sedge

Carex sprengelii

Part shadeZones 3–72.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Galanthus 'Magnet'

Part shadeZones 3–77 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Maidenhair Fern

Full shadeZones 3–81.5 ftHigh

Skimmia japonica

Part shadeZones 7–83.5 ftModerate

Mapleleaf Viburnum

Viburnum acerifolium

Part shadeZones 3–84.5 ftModerate

Marginal Wood Fern

Dryopteris marginalis

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Fuchsia 'Marinka'

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Astrantia major

Part shadeZones 4–72 ftModerate

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