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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.

Showing 121 to 159 of 159 plants

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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Gardenia jasminoides 'Radicans'

Part sunZones 7–101.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Amelanchier canadensis 'Rainbow Pillar'

Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Zantedeschia 'Garnet Glow'

Part sunZones 8–102 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Red Flowering Tobacco

Nicotiana alata

Part sunZones 10–112 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs

Hippeastrum 'Red Lion'

Part sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Viola wittrockiana 'Red'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Hippeastrum 'Rilona'

Part sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part sun8 inModerate10 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Viola wittrockiana 'Rose'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Royal White Redbud

Cercis canadensis f. alba 'Royal White'

Part sunZones 4–920 ftModerate

Geranium 'Rozanne'

Part sunZones 5–81.5 ftModerate

Cercis canadensis 'Ruby Falls'

Part sunZones 5–96.5 ftModerate

Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate

Ornithogalum nutans

Part sunZones 6–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Sky Blue Lobelia

Part sun8 inModerate10 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Snowcicle Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowcicle'

Part sunZones 5–95.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part sunZones 4–812 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Viola cornuta 'Sorbet'

Part sun6 inModerate8 in wide

Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Spring Snowflake

Leucojum vernum

Part sunZones 3–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Summer Snowflake

Leucojum aestivum

Part sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

SunPatiens Coral

Impatiens 'SunPatiens'

Part sun1.5 ftHigh1.5 ft wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Sweetbay Magnolia

Magnolia virginiana

Part sunZones 5–1030 ftHigh

Cercis canadensis 'The Rising Sun'

Part sunZones 5–913 ftModerate

Part sunZones 3–83 ftHigh

Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Veitchii'

Part sunZones 4–826 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Gardenia jasminoides 'Veitchii'

Part sunZones 8–114.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Virginia Sweetspire

Part sunZones 5–94.5 ftModerate

Geranium × oxonianum 'Wargrave Pink'

Part sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

White Beautyberry

Callicarpa dichotoma f. albifructa

Part sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Part sun8 inModerate10 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Viola wittrockiana 'White'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

White Splendour

Anemone blanda 'White Splendour'

Part sunZones 4–86 inModerate

Part sunZones 4–86 inModerate

Part sunZones 3–810 ftModerate

Yellow Blotch Pansy

Viola wittrockiana 'Yellow Blotch'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Zantedeschia 'Yellow'

Part sunZones 8–102 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Viola wittrockiana 'Yellow'

Part sun8 inModerate8 in wide

Viola cornuta 'Yellow'

Part sun6 inModerate8 in wide

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