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Part sun plants

159 garden plants that grow well in part sun, 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 159 plants, 102 have been checked against outside sources (13 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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Acer palmatum 'Fireglow'

Part sunZones 5–815 ftModerate

Cercis canadensis 'Flame Thrower'

Part sunZones 5–916 ftModerate

Flowering Tobacco

Part sunZones 10–112 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'

Part sunZones 5–920 ftModerate

Gardenia jasminoides 'Frostproof'

Part sunZones 7–114.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Gardenia jasminoides

Part sunZones 8–114 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part sunZones 3–72 ftHigh

Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'

Part sunZones 4–92 ftModerate

Part sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Cercis canadensis 'Hearts of Gold'

Part sunZones 5–920 ftModerate

Colocasia esculenta 'Illustris'

Part sunZones 8–113.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Invincibelle Spirit II Hydrangea

Hydrangea arborescens 'NCHA2'

Part sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Japanese Stewartia

Stewartia pseudocamellia

Part sunZones 5–816 ftModerate

Taxus cuspidata

Part sunZones 4–710 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hamamelis × intermedia 'Jelena'

Part sunZones 5–810 ftModerate

Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'

Part sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Geranium clarkei 'Kashmir White'

Part sunZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Gardenia jasminoides 'Kleim's Hardy'

Part sunZones 7–102.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Kodiak Red Diervilla

Diervilla × splendens 'G2x885411'

Part sunZones 4–73.5 ftModerate

Korean Stewartia

Stewartia pseudocamellia Koreana Group

Part sunZones 5–816 ftModerate

Lavender Bacopa

Chaenostoma cordatum

Part sunZones 9–116 inModerate

Cercis canadensis 'Covey'

Part sunZones 4–98 ftModerate

Melissa officinalis

Part sunZones 3–72 ftModerate

Part sun8 inModerate10 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Nicotiana alata 'Lime Green'

Part sunZones 10–112 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Xanthosoma 'Lime Zinger'

Part sunZones 8–115 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part sun8 inModerate10 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Zantedeschia 'Mango'

Part sunZones 8–102 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Geranium sanguineum 'Max Frei'

Part sunZones 4–810 inModerate

Hippeastrum 'Minerva'

Part sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Colocasia esculenta 'Mojito'

Part sunZones 8–113.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part sunZones 3–74 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Mountain Stewartia

Stewartia ovata

Part sunZones 5–812 ftModerate

New Guinea Orange

Impatiens hawkeri

Part sun1.5 ftHigh1.5 ft wide

Impatiens hawkeri

Part sun1.5 ftHigh1.5 ft wide

New Hampshire Purple

Geranium sanguineum 'New Hampshire Purple'

Part sunZones 4–812 inModerate

Oakleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia

Part sunZones 5–96 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Viola wittrockiana 'Orange'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Orange Sovereign

Hippeastrum 'Orange Sovereign'

Part sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Ozark Witch Hazel

Hamamelis vernalis

Part sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Hamamelis × intermedia 'Pallida'

Part sunZones 5–810 ftModerate

Carex muskingumensis

Part sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate

Viola × wittrockiana

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Petroselinum crispum

Part sunZones 5–912 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Geranium 'Patricia'

Part sunZones 4–82 ftModerate

Callicarpa 'Pearl Glam'

Part sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Zantedeschia 'Picasso'

Part sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Hippeastrum 'Picotee'

Part sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Chaenostoma cordatum

Part sunZones 9–116 inModerate

Zantedeschia rehmannii

Part sunZones 8–101.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Colocasia esculenta 'Pink China'

Part sunZones 7–104 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Pink Flowering Tobacco

Nicotiana alata

Part sunZones 10–112 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Anemone blanda 'Pink Star'

Part sunZones 4–86 inModerate

Princess Diana Serviceberry

Amelanchier × grandiflora 'Princess Diana'

Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Callicarpa bodinieri 'Profusion'

Part sunZones 5–86 ftModerate

Zantedeschia 'Purple Sensation'

Part sunZones 8–102 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Purple Face Pansy

Viola wittrockiana 'Purple Face'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Purple Flowering Tobacco

Nicotiana alata

Part sunZones 10–113 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Anemone blanda 'Radar'

Part sunZones 4–86 inModerate

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