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Plants for shade

435 plants for shade in the BloomsEye library, with bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs.

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How this list is made

Derived from each plant's trait tags, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 435 plants, 363 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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Podophyllum peltatum

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Mexican Orange Blossom

Choisya ternata

Part shadeZones 7–106.5 ftModerate

Astilbe japonica 'Montgomery'

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftHigh

Mountain Fire Pieris

Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire'

Part shadeZones 5–86.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia

Part shadeZones 5–99 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Nonstop Red Begonia

Begonia × tuberhybrida 'Nonstop Red'

Part shadeZones 9–1112 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Begonia 'Nonstop Rose'

Part shade12 inModerate12 in wide

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nora Barlow'

Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Northern Bush Honeysuckle

Diervilla lonicera

Part shadeZones 3–73 ftModerate

Northern Exposure Silver

Heuchera 'TNHEUNES'

Part shadeZones 4–92 ftModerate

Northern Sea Oats

Chasmanthium latifolium

Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Nova Zembla'

Part shadeZones 5–86 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Pearl'

Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate

Heuchera 'Obsidian'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Helleborus × hybridus 'Onyx Odyssey'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Orange Tuberous Begonia

Begonia × tuberhybrida

Part shadeZones 9–1112 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Part shadeZones 3–74 ftHigh

Pachysandra terminalis

Full shadeZones 4–88 inModerate

Listed as toxic to cats

Pacific Bleeding Heart

Dicentra formosa

Part shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate

Cornus alternifolia

Part shadeZones 3–720 ftModerate

Heuchera 'Palace Purple'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Digitalis purpurea 'Pam's Choice'

Part shadeZones 4–84.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Astilbe japonica 'Peach Blossom'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftHigh

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow

Helleborus × hybridus 'Penny's Pink'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 4–96 inLow

Coleus 'Pineapple'

Part shadeZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Coleus 'Pink Chaos'

Part shadeZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Cornus florida var. rubra

Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate

Helleborus × ballardiae 'Pink Frost'

Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Camellia × 'Pink Icicle'

Part shadeZones 6–98 ftModerate

Pink Marshmallow

Fuchsia 'Pink Marshmallow'

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftModerate

Pink Wishbone Flower

Torenia fournieri

Part shadeZones 10–1110 inModerate

Pinxterbloom Azalea

Rhododendron periclymenoides

Part shadeZones 4–95.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Heuchera 'Plum Pudding'

Part shadeZones 4–91 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 3–118 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Purple Browallia

Browallia speciosa

Part shadeZones 10–111 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Astilbe chinensis 'Purpurlanze'

Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftHigh

Rainbow Leucothoe

Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Rainbow'

Part shadeZones 5–84.5 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Raspberry Swirl Rex Begonia

Begonia rex 'Raspberry Swirl'

Part shadeZones 10–1112 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 4–816 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Red Flash Caladium

Caladium 'Red Flash'

Part shadeZones 9–111.5 ftHigh

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Impatiens walleriana

Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide

Red Kiss Rex Begonia

Begonia rex 'Red Kiss'

Part shadeZones 10–1112 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate

Astilbe × arendsii 'Red Sentinel'

Part shadeZones 4–82 ftHigh

Coleus 'Redhead'

Part shadeZones 10–112 ftModerate

Part shadeZones 7–108 inModerate

Part shadeZones 10–1112 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Astilbe japonica 'Rheinland'

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftHigh

Full sunZones 4–949 ftHigh

Chasmanthium latifolium 'River Mist'

Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate

River Nile Rex Begonia

Begonia rex 'River Nile'

Part shadeZones 10–1112 inModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Rocky Mountain Blue

Aquilegia caerulea

Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

Impatiens walleriana

Full shade12 inHigh12 in wide

Rosebay Rhododendron

Rhododendron maximum

Part shadeZones 3–711 ftModerate

Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate

Roundleaf Ragwort

Packera obovata

Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

Osmunda regalis

Part shadeZones 3–94 ftHigh

Royal Purple Lilyturf

Liriope muscari 'Royal Purple'

Part shadeZones 5–812 inModerate

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