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)
Rosa Crocus Rose = 'Ausquest'
Shrub rose
Rosa Crown Princess Margareta = 'Auswinter'
Shrub rose
Rosa Evelyn Fison = 'Macev'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose
Rosa Falstaff = 'Ausverse'
Shrub rose
Rosa gallica 'Versicolor'
Gallica rose, Rosa mundi, French rose, Provin's rose
Rosa Galway Bay = 'Macba'
Climbing tea rose
Rosa Geoff Hamilton = 'Ausham'
Shrub rose
Rosa glauca
Shrub rose, Red-leaved rose
Rosa High Hopes™ = 'Haryup'
Climbing tea rose
Rosa Perennial Blue = 'Mehv9601'
Rambling rose, Climbing rose
Rosa Pretty Polly = 'Meitonje'
Miniature rose
Rosa rugosa 'Alba'
Rugosa rose
Rosa Teasing Georgia = 'Ausbaker'
Shrub rose
Rosa Tess of the d'Urbervilles = 'Ausmove'
Shrub rose
Rubus
Blackberry, Bramble
Rubus fruticosus
Blackberry, Bramble
Rubus fruticosus
Blackberry
Sambucus
Elder, Elderberry
Sambucus nigra 'Black Lace'
Black Elder, Common elder, European elder
Saxifraga
Saxifrage
Skimmia
Skimmia japonica 'Finchy'
Skimmia japonica 'Fragrant Cloud'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica 'Magic Marlot'
Skimmia japonica 'Marlot'
Skimmia japonica 'Olympic Flame'
Skimmia japonica 'Pabella'
Skimmia japonica 'Passion'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica 'Temptation'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica 'Thereza'
Skimmia japonica 'Veitchii'
Foremann's skimmia, Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica 'Wakehurst White'
Skimmia japonica Obsession = 'Obsbolwi'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica Seduction = 'Redbolwi'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana
Reeve's skimmia, Japanese skimmia
Symphytum 'Goldsmith'
Comfrey
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium
Yellow maidenhair, Columbine meadow rue, Common meadow rue
Tiarella
Foamflower, False mitrewort
Uncinia rubra
Red hook sage
Uncinia rubra 'Everflame'
Red hook sedge
Vaccinium
Bilberry, Blueberry, Cranberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
Highbush blueberry, American blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
Highbush blueberry, American blueberry
Viburnum
Arrow wood
Viburnum davidii
David viburnum, Evergreen viburnum
Viburnum odoratissimum var. awabuki
Sweet viburnum
Viburnum rhytidophyllum
Wrinkle leaved viburnum, Leather leaf viburnum