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Part shade plants

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

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How this list is made

Derived from each plant's sun needs, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 484 plants, 379 have been checked against outside sources (21 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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Feathered Friends Fierce Falcon Ajuga

Part shadeZones 4–98 inModerate

Feathered Friends Noble Nightingale Ajuga

Part shadeZones 4–94 inModerate

Feathered Friends Parrot Paradise Ajuga

Part shadeZones 4–98 inModerate

Rhododendron 'Fireball'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Fireworks Rex Begonia

Begonia rex 'Fireworks'

Part shadeZones 10–1112 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno'

Part shadeZones 3–78 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Flowering Dogwood

Part shadeZones 5–923 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Part shadeZones 4–912 inModerate

Heuchera 'Forever Purple'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Heuchera 'Forever Red'

Part shadeZones 4–912 inModerate

Rhododendron 'Formosa'

Part shadeZones 7–96 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Fragrant Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans

Part shadeZones 7–1115 ftModerate

Hosta 'Francee'

Part shadeZones 3–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Frances Williams

Hosta 'Frances Williams'

Part shadeZones 3–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Fuchsia 'Gartenmeister Bonstedt'

Part shadeZones 9–112 ftModerate

Tsuga canadensis 'Gentsch White'

Part shadeZones 3–75 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'George Tabor'

Part shadeZones 8–106 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Heuchera 'Georgia Peach'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Galanthus elwesii

Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rhododendron 'Gibraltar'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Girard's Crimson

Rhododendron 'Girard's Crimson'

Part shadeZones 5–83 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Aruncus dioicus

Part shadeZones 3–74 ftModerate

Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

Part shadeZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hosta 'Gold Standard'

Part shadeZones 3–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Golden Columbine

Aquilegia chrysantha

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–76 ftModerate

Golden Hakone (Aureola)

Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Golden Lights'

Part shadeZones 4–75 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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 'Guacamole'

Part shadeZones 3–92 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rhododendron 'Gumpo Pink'

Part shadeZones 6–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Clematis 'Hagley Hybrid'

Part shadeZones 4–98 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

Rhododendron 'Hino-Crimson'

Part shadeZones 6–82.5 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

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 Anemone

Anemone hupehensis

Part shadeZones 4–83 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

Part shadeZones 5–816 ftModerate

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