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Shade Garden Plants
(Less than 1 hour of direct sun)
Perennials
(Die down, but come back on their own every year)
Hostas (blue, yellow, varigated)
Astilbe (pink, red, white)
Heuchera, (many colors)
Columbine(many colors)
Bleeding Heart (pink, white, dwarf)
Ferns (Japanese Painted, Ostrich, Cinnamon, Leatherwood)
Bugloss
Jacobs Ladder
Goxglove
Lady's Mantle
Groundcover
(Low growing, spreading, come back every year)
Vinca Minor
Pachysandra
Houttuynia (aggressive spreader)
Ajuga (aggressive spreader)
Lilly of the Valley (aggressive spreader)
Aegopodium (aggressive spreader)
Plumbago
Dead Nettle
Sweet Woodruff
Shrubs
(Woody plants that don't die back to the ground)
Annabelle Hydrangea
Limelight Hydrangea
Little lime Hydrangea
PeeGee Hydrangea
Tardiva Hydreangea
Little Henry Sweetspire
Variegated Redtwig Dogwood
Autumn Jazz Viburnum
Chicago Lustre Viburnum
Fragrant Viburnum
Doublefile Viburnum
Trees
Serviceberry
Redbud
Evergreen Shrubs
(Woody plants that keep their leaves all winter)
Boxwood
Upright Yews
Densi Yews
Holly
Annuals
(Flower all season, but must be replanted every year)
Impatiens
New Guinea Impatens
Miniature Impatiens
Double Impatiens
Wishbone Flower
Polka Dot Plant
Coleus
Wax Begonia
Reiger Begonia
Dragon Wing Begonia
Streptocarpella
Drought Tolerant Plants
(Once established)
Perennials
(Die down, but come back on their own every year)
Autumn Joy Sedum
Black Eyed Susan
Butterfly Milkweed
Yarrow
Daylilies (many colors)
False Indigo
Liatris
Moonbeam Coreopsis
Zagreb Coreopsis
Husker Red Penstemon
Coneflower (purple and white)
Russian Sage (regular and dwarf)
Gauara
Lavender
Liatris
Elija Blue Fescue
Karl Foerster Reed Grass
Fountain Grass
Hammeln grass
Hardy Pampas Grass
Morning Light Maiden Grass
Groundcover
(Low growing, spreading, come back every year)
Vinca Minor
Missouri Primrose
Groundcover Sedum (many varieties)
Hens and Chicks
Shrubs
(Woody plants that don't die back to the ground)
Crimson Pygmy Barberry
Yellow Barberry
Dwarf Yellow Barberry
Common Lilac
Tiger Eye Sumac
Yucca
Evergreen Shrubs
(Woody plants that keep their leaves all winter)
Junipers
Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Yews
Hummingbird Plants
Shrubs
(Woody plants that don't die back to the ground)
Azalea
Honeysuckle Bush
Weigela (many varieties)
Vines
Morning Glory
Scarlet Runner Bean
Trumpet Vine
Honeysuckle Vine
Black Eyed Susan Vine
Perennials
(Die down, but come back on their own every year)
Yarrow
Bee Balm
Cardinal Flower
Columbine
Delphinium
Foxglove
Hosta
Pennstemon
Yucca
Perennial Salvia
Butterfly Weed
Butterfly Bush
New England Aster
Joe Pye Weed
Liatris
Oriental Lilies
Day Lilies
Tall Phlox
Annuals
(Flower all season, but must be replanted every year)
Canna
Fuchsia
Petunia
Salvia
Heliotrope
Pentas
Nicotiana
Impatiens
Lantana
Marigold
Sunflower
Verbena
Zinnia
Butterfly plants
Annuals
(Flower all season, but must be replanted every year)
Ageratum
Cosmos
Gomphrena
Heliotrope
Lantana
Marigold
Nasturtium
Nicotiana
Petunia
Salvia
Statice
Snapdragon
Sweet Alyssum
Verbena
Zinnia
Shrubs
(Woody plants that don't die back to the ground)
Common Lilac
Dwarf Lilac
Potentilla
Privet
Fragrant Viburnum
Arrow-wood Viburnum
Perrenials
(Die down, but come back on their own every year)
Catnip
Chives
Lavender
Mint
Coreopsis
Aster
Bee Balm
Blanket Flower
Butterfly Weed
Coreopsis
Daylily
Liatris
Hollyhock
Joe Pye Weed
Mallow
Milkweed
Tall Phlox
Pincushion Flower
Creeping Phlox
Coneflower
Black Eyed Susan
Sedum
Shasta Daisy
Yarrow
Agastache
Columbine
Campanula
Delphinium
Wet Areas
Perennials
(Die down, but come back on their own every year)
Goatsbeard
Astillbe
Bergenia
Turtlehead
Ligularia
Bee Balm
Spiderwort
Cardinal Flower
Groundcovers
Sweet Woodruff
Shrubs
Red Twig Dogwood
Dwarf Arctic Blue Willow
Dappled Willow
Arrow-wood Viburnum
Trees
Red Maple
Bald Cypress
Serviceberry
River Birch
Paperbark Birch
Honeylocust
Deer Resistant
Perennials
Silver Mound Artemisia
Hollyhocks
Astilbe
Coreopsis
Delphinium
Bleeding Heart (pink, white and old fashioned)
Lavender
Evening Primrose
Russian Sage (regular and dwarf)
Tall Phlox
Black Eyed Susan
Perennial Salvia
Lambs Ear
Bergenia
Annuals
Lantana
Dusty Miller
Moss Rose
Salvia (blue, red, purple and white)
Groundcovers
Ajuga