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Does your garden have a “shady” personality? This garden suggests alternatives to sun-loving plants so that even a shady garden can bask in color, texture and smell.
Shade Garden Plant List
| # | Botanical Name | Cultivar | Common Name | Tree | Native |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acanthus mollis | bear’s breeches, sea dock | |||
| 2 | Adiantum aleuticum | western maidenhair fern | N | ||
| 3 | Adiantum pedatum | northern maidenhair fern | |||
| 4 | Anemone hupehensis | Japanese anemone | |||
| 5 | Astilbe | false spirea, meadow sweet | |||
| 6 | Astilbe | 'Deutschland' | false spirea, meadow sweet | ||
| 7 | Bergenia cordifolia | heartleaf bergenia, pigsqueak | |||
| 8 | Brunnera macrophylla | Siberian bugloss | |||
| 9 | Clerodendrum trichotomum | harlequin glorybower | T | ||
| 10 | Convallaria majalis | lily of the valley | |||
| 11 | Cyclamen hederifolium | ivy leaf cyclamen | |||
| 12 | Enkianthus campanulatus | ||||
| 13 | Epimedium grandiflorum | bishop’s hat | |||
| 14 | Epimedium x youngianum | 'Roseum' | N | ||
| 15 | Geranium erianthum | cranesbill | N | ||
| 16 | Helleborus | 'Walhero' | rosemary hellebore | ||
| 17 | Helleborus niger | Christmas rose | |||
| 18 | Hemerocallis | bear's breeches | |||
| 19 | Hosta plantaginea | fragrant plantain lily | |||
| 20 | Hyacinthoides non-scripta | wood hyacinth, blue bell | |||
| 21 | Hydrangea arborescens | smooth hydrangea | |||
| 22 | Hypericum perforatum | St. John’s wort | |||
| 23 | Lysimachia punctata | yellow loosestrife | |||
| 24 | Micranthes ferruginea | rusty saxifrage | |||
| 25 | Polemonium caeruleum | Jacob's ladder | |||
| 26 | Polystichum munitum | western swordfern | N | ||
| 27 | Primula spp. | ||||
| 28 | Pulmonaria angustifolia | cowslip lungwort | |||
| 29 | Pulmonaria officinalis | commom lungwort | |||
| 30 | Rhododendron | 'Unique' | |||
| 31 | Rodgersia aesculifolia | fingerleaf rodgersia | |||
| 32 | Skimmia japonica | Japanese skimmia | |||
| 33 | Symphoricarpos | 'Proud Berry' | |||
| 34 | Tellima grandiflora | fringe-cup, big flower tellima | N |