Shade-loving plants
Shade gives the opportunity to grow some beautiful foliage plants. Shade is 'woodland' for many plants, cooler, more serene. Dry shade can be problematic, few plants can manage bone-dry conditions. Remember to water, or install a small irrigation system.; There are various degrees of shade with differing light levels: ; Full shade: is where very little if any sun hits the plants at any time of the day. It's also referred to as "dense" shade. ; Part shade is where an area gets direct sunlight for around 3 to 6 hours a day and at other times of the day some shade. ; Top tip: As there is more light during winter when the trees have lost their leaves, plant spring bulbs for early colour.
Ferns for shade
116 plants
Flowers for shade (bulbs)
202 plants
Flowers for shade (perennials)
502 plants
Flowers for shade (shrubs)
573 plants
Full shade, dry soil
445 plants
Full shade, moist soil
535 plants
Grasses for shade
109 plants
Hostas for shade
135 plants
Part shade, dry soil
578 plants
Part shade, moist soil
553 plants
Roses for shade
188 plants
Trees for shade
112 plants
All plants (2411)
Carex oshimensis 'Eversheen'
Japanese sedge grass, Oshima kan suge
Carex siderosticha
Deciduous broad leaved sedge, Creeping broadleaf sedge, Tagane so
Chaenomeles x superba 'Coral Sea'
Flowering quince
Chelone obliqua
Snakehead, Cod head, Bitter herb, Salt rheum weed, Fish mouth, Balmony, Red turtlehead
Clematis 'Masa'
Virgin's bower
Cyclamen coum 'Silver Leaf'
Silver leaf, Coumarin sowbread, Persian violet
Cyclamen hederifolium
Ivy-leaved cyclamen, Ivy-leafed sowbread, Persian violet
Deschampsia flexuosa 'AmiLime®'
Wavy hair grass, Crinkled hair grass, Common hair grass
Dodecatheon meadia f. album
Shooting star, American cowslip, White pride of ohio
Dryopteris carthusiana
Narrow buckler fern, Spinulose wood fern, Spiny wood fern, Evergreen wood fern
Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance'
Japanese shield fern, Copper shield fern, Autmn fern
Epimedium 'Enchantress'
Barrenwort, Bishop's hat, Fairy wings
Eucalyptus gunnii France Bleu® = 'Rengun'
Gum tree, Eucalypt, Cider gum, Alpine cider gum
Euonymus fortunei 'Kewensis'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Fargesia murieliae x nitida 'Viking'
Umbrella bamboo, Muriel bamboo, Fargesia hybrid bamboo
Ficaria verna 'Coffee Cream'
Lesser celandine, Pilewort
Ficaria verna 'Salmon's White'
Lesser celandine, Pilewort
Ficaria verna Alba Group
Lesser celandine, Pilewort
Fritillaria imperialis 'Argenteovariegata'
Crown imperial, Imperial fritillary
Fritillaria meleagris
Snakeshead fritillary, Guinea hen flower, Chequered daffodil
Fritillaria persica
Persian fritillary
Fuchsia 'Baby Blue Eyes'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Bunny'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Chang'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Deep Purple'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Derby Imp'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Eva Boerg'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Forget-me-not'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Len Bielby'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Madame Cornelissen'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Miss California'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Peggy King'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Sophisticiated Lady'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Swingtime'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Wilson's Sugar Pink'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia triphylla
Honeysuckle fuchsia, Ballerina plant
Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus 'Lady Elphinstone'
Common snowdrop, Foolish maids, Fair maids of February
Galium aparine
Cleavers, Goosegrass, Hedgeburs, Sweethearts, Sticky willies
Hakonechloa macra 'Nicolas'
Hakone grass
Helleborus 'Ruby Star'
Hellebore
Helleborus x hybridus 'Anderson's red hybrids'
Hybrid hellebore, Lenten rose, False rose, Eastern hellebore
Helleborus x hybridus 'Double Ellen Pink'
Lenten rose, False rose, Eastern hellebore
Helleborus x hybridus 'Dusk'
Hybrid hellebore, Lenten Rose, False rose, Eastern hellebore
Helleborus x hybridus 'Hillier Hybrids - pure white'
Hybrid hellebore, Lenten rose, False rose, Eastern hellebore
Helleborus x hybridus 'Hillier hybrids slate'
Hillier's hellebore, Lenten rose, False rose, Eastern hellebore
Helleborus x hybridus 'Yellow Lady'
Lenten rose, False rose, Eastern hellebore
Helleborus x hybridus - red-flowered
Lenten rose, False rose, Eastern hellebore
Helleborus x hybridus Ashwood Garden Hybrids - slate-grey
Lenten rose, False rose, Eastern hellebore