Shade Gardens Design Guide



POPULAR SHADE PLANTS | F= Full Shade   P = Part Shade
Aegopodium (Goutweed)
P-F
Ajuga (Bugleweed)
P-F
Aquilegia (Columbine)
P
Astilbe (False Spirea)
P-F
Astrantia (Masterwort)
P-F
Aubrieta (Rock Cress)
P-F
Bergenia (Saxifraga)
P
Brunnera (Bugloss)
P
Convalaria (Lily-of-the-valley)
P-F
Dicentra (Bleeding Hearts)
P-F
Epimedium (Barrenwort)
P-F
Gallium (Sweet woodruff)
P-F
Hellebores (Christmas Rose)
P-F
Heuchera (Coral Bells)
P
Hosta (Plantain Lily)
P-F
Lamium (Dead Nettle)
P-F
Laurentia (Blue Star Creeper)
P
Lysmachia (Golden Creeping Jenny)
F
Pachysandra (Jap. Spurge)
P-F
Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder)
P-F
Polygonatum (Solomon's Seal)
P-F
Pulmonaria (Lungwort)
P-F
Saxifraga (Saxifraga)
P
Tiarella (Foam Flower)
P-F
Vinca (Periwinkle)
P-F
Athyrium (Fern)
P-F
Blechnum (Deer Fern)
P
Dryopteris (Autumn & Male)
P-F


Full Shade Garden

Dryopteris erythrosora `Brilliance' New
Astilbe arendsii `Cattleya' New
Ajuga Mahogany New
Dicentra formosa `King of Hearts'
Epimedium x Rubrum
Galium odoratum
Carex elata `Bowles Golden'
Hosta `Blue Cadet'



Partially Shaded Garden

Hosta `Fringe Benefit'
Polystichum acrostichoides
Aquilegia `Spring Magic ' New
Brunnera `Jack Frost'
Astilbe simplicifolia `Pink Lightning' New
Lysmachia nummularia `Aureus'