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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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White Turtlehead
Chelone glabra
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftHigh

White Wishbone Flower
Torenia fournieri
Part shadeZones 10–1110 inModerate

White Wood Aster
Eurybia divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate

White-Tinged Sedge
Carex albicans
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate

Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
FoliageWild Ginger
Asarum
Full shadeZones 4–86 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Winter Daphne
Daphne odora
Part shadeZones 7–94.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Wishbone Flower
Torenia fournieri
Part shadeZones 10–1110 inModerate
FoliageWizard Velvet Red
Coleus 'Wizard Velvet Red'
Part shadeZones 10–111.5 ftModerate

Woodland Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate

Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Yellow Anise
Illicium parviflorum
Part shadeZones 7–915 ftModerate

Yellow Tuberous Begonia
Begonia × tuberhybrida
Part shadeZones 9–1112 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

Yellow Wishbone Flower
Torenia fournieri
Part shadeZones 10–1110 inModerate

Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
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