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Full shade plants

25 garden plants that grow well in full shade, with bloom times and hardiness zones. Match the plant to the light you actually have.

25 plants

Blue AngelFoliage
Blue Angel
Hosta 'Blue Angel'
Year-round foliageZones 3–9Full shade
Christmas FernFoliage
Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Year-round foliageZones 3–9Full shade
CitronelleFoliage
Citronelle
Heuchera 'Citronelle'
Year-round foliageZones 4–9Full shade
Double Rose Impatiens
Double Rose Impatiens
Impatiens 'Rockapulco Rose'
May–OctFull shade
Fire and IceFoliage
Fire and Ice
Hosta 'Fire and Ice'
Year-round foliageZones 3–9Full shade
HalcyonFoliage
Halcyon
Hosta 'Halcyon'
Year-round foliageZones 3–9Full shade
Holly FernFoliage
Holly Fern
Cyrtomium falcatum
Year-round foliageZones 6–10Full shade
HostaFoliage
Hosta
Hosta
Year-round foliageZones 3–9Full shade
Impatiens
Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
May–OctFull shade
Kong RoseFoliage
Kong Rose
Coleus 'Kong Rose'
Year-round foliageZones 10–11Full shade
Krossa RegalFoliage
Krossa Regal
Hosta 'Krossa Regal'
Year-round foliageZones 3–9Full shade
Lavender Impatiens
Lavender Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
May–OctFull shade
Lily of the Valley
Lily of the Valley
Convallaria majalis
Apr–MayZones 2–7Full shade
Lime RickeyFoliage
Lime Rickey
Heuchera 'Lime Rickey'
Year-round foliageZones 4–9Full shade
Maidenhair FernFoliage
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum
Year-round foliageZones 3–8Full shade
Pachysandra
Pachysandra
Pachysandra terminalis
Apr–MayZones 4–8Full shade
Red Impatiens
Red Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
May–OctFull shade
Rose Impatiens
Rose Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
May–OctFull shade
Salmon Impatiens
Salmon Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
May–OctFull shade
Scarlet Impatiens
Scarlet Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
May–OctFull shade
Sweet Woodruff
Sweet Woodruff
Galium odoratum
May–JunZones 4–8Full shade
Trillium
Trillium
Trillium
Apr–MayZones 4–8Full shade
Violet Impatiens
Violet Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
May–OctFull shade
White Impatiens
White Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
May–OctFull shade
Wild GingerFoliage
Wild Ginger
Asarum
Year-round foliageZones 4–8Full shade

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