Cyclamen - a dwarf shade plant with variegated, heart-shaped leaves.

Carex - grass-like plants for shade garden.

Brunnera - very drought tolerant plants that like shade.

Acorus - fragrant chartreuse leaves for shade.

We recommend for the woodland garden, shade perennials with colorful silver foliage or shade tolerant plants with yellow foliage Light colored leaves also work well as shade garden plants, especially when they can stand out against surrounding dark green foliage.

Paeonia - woodland peonies produce very large flowers for shaded areas.

Lycoris - partial shade perennials for a late summer flower show.

Iris - shade iris have smaller blooms than their sun counterparts, but are more intricate in design.

Helleborus - long bloom period in winter makes lenten rose one of the best best shade perennials.Gloxinia - intensely red summer flowers are some of the best flowers for shade.Epimedium - Fairy wings are colorful shade plants for early spring.both in leaf and flower.Edgeworthia - fragrant winter flowering plants for shade.Dicentra - bleeding hearts are quintessential shade loving plants.Cypripedium - ladyslipper orchids are highly sought after partial shade flowers.Calanthe - small orchid flowers that like shade.We recommend white perennial flowers for shade, or pale yellow or pink. In shade gardens, light colored flowers stand out really well.

Top 10 Perennial Flowers that Grow in Shade We have a huge selection of shade tolerant flowers and we have sifted through our massive catalog of plants to create this mini-catalog of the best shade loving flowers for your garden.īelow are several top 10 lists of the best perennials for shade to help you find exactly what you need. We have hundreds of the best flowering perennials for shade! If you garden in the partial sun of a dappled woodland garden, or on the north or east side of a building then you need shade loving perennials for your garden.

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