Shade
Shade loving plants
Epimedium rubrum
Height - 10-12"
Width - 12-18"
Bloom Time - Spring
Bloom Color - Red
Flowers are very orchid like, but small and not showy at a distance. Plants are deer resistant and can tolerate dry shade.
Epimedium sulphureum
Height - 12"
Width - 12-24"
Bloom Time - Spring
Bloom Color - Yellow
Flowers are very orchid like, but small and not showy at a distance. Plants are deer resistant and can tolerate dry shade. One of the toughest cultivars of Epimedium.
Helleborus, Maid of Honor
Height - 18-24"
Width - 18-24"
Bloom Time - Early Spring
Bloom Color - Double, Rose Pink
Double 2.5-3" flowers. Hellebores are a very early spring bloomer, often during Lent, hence their common name, Lenten Rose. Plants are semi evergreen, so after new foliage emerges in the spring you can clean up anything that looks bad. Deer and rabbit resistant.
Helleborus, Rome in Red
Height - 18-24"
Width - 18-24"
Bloom Time - Early Spring
Bloom Color - Rich wine red
Single 3-4" flowers. Hellebores are a very early spring bloomer, often during Lent, hence their common name, Lenten Rose. Plants are semi evergreen, so after new foliage emerges in the spring you can clean up anything that looks bad. Deer and rabbit resistant.
Helleborus, Spanish Flare
Height - 18-24"
Width - 18-24"
Bloom Time - Early Spring
Bloom Color - Light yellow
Single 3" flowers with maroon flares. Hellebores are a very early spring bloomer, often during Lent, hence their common name, Lenten Rose. Plants are semi evergreen, so after new foliage emerges in the spring you can clean up anything that looks bad. Deer and rabbit resistant.
Helleborus, True Love
Height - 18-24"
Width - 18-24"
Bloom Time - Early Spring
Bloom Color - Maroon red
Double 3-3.5" flowers. Hellebores are a very early spring bloomer, often during Lent, hence their common name, Lenten Rose. Plants are semi evergreen, so after new foliage emerges in the spring you can clean up anything that looks bad. Deer and rabbit resistant.
Hosta, Shadowland® Autumn Frost
Height - 12"
Width - 24"
Bloom Time - Summer
Bloom Color - Light Lavender
Leaves emerge frosty blue-green with wide, yellow margins in spring and turn to green with creamy white in summer.
A Proven Winners® selection.
Hosta, Blue Angel
Height - 36"
Width - 48"
Bloom Time - Summer
Bloom Color - Light Lavender
A classic for the shade garden, one of the largest blue green Hostas with thick leaves and forming a huge mound. Flowers held just above the foliage. Slug resistant. Blue Hostas are the least sun tolerant, plant this one in the shade.
Hosta, Curly Fries
Height - 6"
Width - 16"
Bloom Time - Summer
Bloom Color - Lavender
Rippled, narrow chartreuse leaves. Flowers stand 16" tall. Can tolerate morning sun.
Hosta, Guacamole
Height - 22"
Width - 38"
Bloom Time - Summer
Bloom Color - White
Fragrant flowers stand 36" tall. Plant is vigorous and the large leaves are chartreuse.
Hosta, Island Breeze
Height - 12"
Width - 18"
Bloom Time - Summer
Bloom Color - Dark Lavender
Showy red petioles hold up leaves that change colors with the seasons. Green margins are wide and contrast with bright yellow centers in spring. Leaf centers turn chartreuse in shade or light yellow in more sun (but not a sun loving plant)
Hosta, Praying Hands
Height - 14-18"
Width - 12-16"
Bloom Time - Summer
Bloom Color - Lavender
Upright, tightly folded leaves resemble hands praying. Flowers stand 18" tall.
Hosta, Silly String
Height - 14"
Width - 28"
Bloom Time - Summer
Bloom Color - Pale Purple
Narrow blue leaves with intensely wavy margins make this a truly unique Hosta! Mostly blue leaves in the spring will become blue-green as the summer progresses. Blue Hostas are the least sun tolerant, plant this one in the shade.
Hosta, Shadowland® Sound of Music
Height - 30-32"
Width - 60-66"
Bloom Time - Summer
Bloom Color - White
The leaves are heavily corrugated and have chartreuse centers that blend to blue-green margins. Centers mature to creamy white in the summer. This one needs room to spread out. Flowers will be held mostly within the foliage mound.
A Proven Winners® selection.
Hosta, White Feather
Height - 8"
Width - 20"
Bloom Time - Summer
Bloom Color - Lavender
Leaves emerge white with green veins then darken to pale green. Can tolerat partial sun.
Lamium, Beacon Silver
Height - 8"
Width - 18"
Bloom Time - Late spring
Bloom Color - Pink
Variegated silver and green foliage makes a nice groundcover.
Lamium, Herman's Pride
Height - 12"
Width - 15-18"
Bloom Time - Spring
Bloom Color - Yellow
Green/Silver leaves contrast nicely with other shade plants. Yellow flowers unique to the shade garden. Mounding perennial, so doesn’t get spready.
Lily of the Valley
Height - 6-8"
Width - Indefinate
Bloom Time - Spring
Bloom Color - White
Very fragrant. An heirloom plant that can be a very vigorous groundcover. Plant with caution or in a contained space.
Pulmonaria, Lisa Marie
Height - 10-15"
Width - 14-16"
Bloom Time - Spring
Bloom Color - Raspberry pink
Speckled foliage contrasts with early flowers. Leaves are 10-12" long.
Pulmonaria, Raspberry Splash
Height - 10-12"
Width - 18-24"
Bloom Time - Spring
Bloom Color - Pink-lilac-purple
Most floriferous lungwort, disease resistant. Forms a substantial clump.
Shooting Star, Pink
Height - 15-18"
Width - 8"
Bloom Time - Spring
Bloom Color - Purple-pink
Native Woodland- Dormant in summer heat.
Shooting Star, White
Height - 10-14"
Width - 8"
Bloom Time - Spring
Bloom Color - White
Native Woodland- Dormant in summer heat.
Virginia Bluebells
Height - 24-36"
Width - 18-24"
Bloom Time - Spring
Bloom Color - Blue
Native Woodland- Dormant in summer heat.