Landscape Plants For Partial Shade
In addition to these perennials also consider annuals and some great biennials such as foxglove digitalis for the shade garden.
Landscape plants for partial shade. This plant can grow in the shade but it actually comes to its full color potential in the sun. These plants need between 3 5 hours of sun each day. Partial sun partial shade plants are pretty much interchangable terms. Annual 9 hosta spp.
Most types used in landscaping are shrubs all of which do fairly well in part shade conditions. Read on to understand your shade lighten your landscape and review our lists of shade tolerant plants. Zones 3 8 5 daylily. Gardening in the shade may be a challenge but the solution is the same as it is everywhere else in your landscape we need the right plant in the right place.
With ruffled leaves and colorful foliage heuchera also called coral bells is a bright perennial addition to any shade garden. Its foliage is absolutely stunning with the different colors. Grown primarily for its pretty foliage its mounding habit shoots up small flower spikes in spring to mid summer. Annual elsewhere 4 coleus solenostemon scutellarioides.
These 12 suggested perennial plants will help transform your shaded spot from a problem area to a location you are proud of. Annual 1 sweet potato vine ipomoea batatas blackie. 14 best landscape plants for shade. The new foliage in spring is bright green and soft.
Annual 2 heliotrope heliotropium arborescens. Zones 3 8 1 persicaria polymorpha. So if you have a shaded spot that gets a smidgen of sun then this plant might still work there. If a plant is listed as partial sun it needs several hours of sun to get flowers and fruits but isn t as fussy as those with full sun needs.
Copper plant is an annual plant but it is a beauty.