Shade Garden

Overview

Does your garden have a “shady” personality? This garden suggests alternatives to sun-loving plants so that even a shady garden can bask in color, texture and smell.

Shade Garden Plant List

#	Botanical Name	Cultivar	Common name	Tree	Native
1	Acanthus mollis		bear’s breeches, sea dock
2	Adiantum aleuticum		western maidenhair fern		*
3	Adiantum pedatum		northern maidenhair fern
4	Anemone hupehensis		Japanese anemone
5	Astilbe		false spirea, meadow sweet
6	Astilbe	'Deutschland'	false spirea, meadow sweet
7	Bergenia cordifolia		heartleaf bergenia, pigsqueak
8	Brunnera macrophylla		Siberian bugloss
9	Clerodendrum trichotomum		harlequin glorybower	*
10	Convallaria majalis		lily of the valley
11	Cyclamen hederifolium		ivy leaf cyclamen
12	Enkianthus
13	Epimedium grandiflorum		bishop’s hat
14	Epimedium x youngianum	'Roseum'			*
15	Geranium erianthum		cranesbill		*
16	Helleborus	'Walhero'	rosemary hellebore
17	Helleborus niger		Christmas rose
18	Hemerocallis		bear's breeches
19	Hosta plantaginea		fragrant plantain lily
20	Hyacinthoides non-scripta		wood hyacinth, blue bell
21	Hydrangea arborescens		smooth hydrangea
22	Hypericum perforatum		St. John’s wort
23	Lysimachia punctata		yellow loosestrife
24	Micranthes ferruginea		rusty saxifrage
25	Polemonium caeruleum		Jacob's ladder
26	Polystichum munitum		western swordfern		*
27	Primula spp.
28	Pulmonaria angustifolia		cowslip lungwort
29	Pulmonaria officinalis		commom lungwort
30	Rhododendron	'Unique'
31	Rodgersia aesculifolia		fingerleaf rodgersia
32	Skimmia japonica		Japanese skimmia
33	Symphoricarpos	'Proud Berry'
34	Tellima grandiflora		fringe-cup, big flower tellima		*