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Hardiness Zone Map


Quick links to the shade-loving plants in our catalog

Do you have a dark spot in your garden which needs brightening up? Here are some plants which love the shade.

For gardeners who are fond of common names, we've included the most widely used common names for these plants.

Click on the name of any of the plants to view that plant's page.

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Perennials
Plant NameCommon NameNotesHardy ZonePriceOrder
Alchemilla ellenbeckii    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–mid-August.
6 $10.75 SOLD OUT!
Arisaema candidissimum Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade  Shade Lover Pink flowered white striped Cobra Lily Blooms June–July.
6 $11.50 SOLD OUT!
Asarum caudatum Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Western Wild Ginger Blooms April–June
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
7 $12.15
Asarum caudatum f. album Photo Available Drawing Available  Partial Shade  Shade Lover Wild Ginger Blooms April–June.
7 $12.15
Asarum splendens Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Chinese Wild Ginger Blooms April–May
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
6 $12.15
Athyrium filix-femina ‘Lady in Red’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
4 $12.75
Athyrium filix-femina ‘Victoriae’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Lady Fern Blooms
4 $12.75 SOLD OUT!
Athyrium ‘Ghost’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Ghost Lady Fern Blooms
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
4 $12.75
Athyrium niponicum ‘Metallicum’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover  New Plant Blooms
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
4 $12.75
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Japanese Painted Fern Blooms
4 $12.75
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Apple Court’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Crested Japanese Painted Fern Blooms
4 $12.75
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Red Beauty’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover  New Plant Blooms
4 $12.75
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Regal Red’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms
4 $12.75 SOLD OUT!
Plant NameCommon NameNotesHardy ZonePriceOrder
Athyrium otophorum    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Eared Lady Fern Blooms
5 $12.75 SOLD OUT!
Beesia deltophylla Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover False Bugbane Blooms May–June.
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
6 $11.00
Cyclamen coum Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms February–March
PREORDER FOR MID SUMMER 2025
5 $10.75
Cyclamen coum ssp. caucasicum Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover  New Plant Blooms February–March
5 $10.75
Cyclamen coum ‘Silver Leaf’ Photo Available   Shade Lover  New Plant  Drought Tolerant Blooms February–March
5 $11.75 SOLD OUT!
Dicentra ‘Margery Fish’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–May & again in fall.
5 $13.25
Dicentra spectabilis ‘Gold Heart’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–May
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
4 $13.25
Dicentra ‘Stuart Boothman’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–July
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
5 $13.25
Disporum longistylum ‘Night Heron’ Photo Available Drawing Available  Partial Shade  Shade Lover Fairy Bells Blooms April–July
5 $0.00 SOLD OUT!
Dryopteris erythrosora ‘Brilliance’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms
5 $12.75
Dryopteris ludoviciana    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Southern Shield Fern Blooms
6 $12.75 SOLD OUT!
Dryopteris pycnopteroides Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Japanese Wood Fern Blooms
6 $12.75 SOLD OUT!
Eomecon chionantha    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April.
6 $9.75
Epimedium ‘Amber Queen’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms late March–May
5 $15.25
Epimedium ‘Domino’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–May
5 $15.25 SOLD OUT!
Plant NameCommon NameNotesHardy ZonePriceOrder
Epimedium x ‘Enchantress’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms March–April
5 $13.00 SOLD OUT
Epimedium grandiflorum ‘Dark Beauty’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–May
5 $14.50 SOLD OUT!
Epimedium grandiflorum ‘Koji’    Full Sun  Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms late March–May
4 $14.25 SOLD OUT!
Epimedium grandiflorum ‘Pierre’s Purple’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–May
5 $15.25
Epimedium grandiflorum ‘Purple Pixie’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–May
5 $15.25 SOLD OUT!
Epimedium grandiflorum ‘White Queen’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms late March–May
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
5 $14.75
Epimedium ‘Mandariin Star’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–May
5 $14.25 SOLD OUT!
Epimedium x perralchicum ‘Frohnleiten’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–May
4 $14.25
Epimedium ‘Pink Champagne’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–May
5 $15.25 SOLD OUT!
Epimedium pinnatum ssp. colchicum Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover  Drought Tolerant Blooms April–May
4 $14.25
Epimedium x rubrum Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms February–March
5 $14.25
Epimedium stellulatum ‘Wudang Star’  Drawing Available  Full Sun  Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms March–April.
4 $14.25 SOLD OUT!
Epimedium x versicolor ‘Cupreum’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–May
5 $15.25
Epimedium x versicolor ‘Sulphureum’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms March–April
5 $14.25
Epimedium x warleyense ‘Ellen Willmott’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–May
5 $15.25 SOLD OUT!
Plant NameCommon NameNotesHardy ZonePriceOrder
Epimedium x warleyense ‘Orange Queen’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms March–April
5 $14.25
Epimedium x youngianum ‘Merlin’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–May
5 $14.25
Epimedium x youngianum ‘Niveum’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–May
5 $14.25
Geranium x monacense ‘Breckland Fever’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover  New Plant Blooms April–July
6 $11.00
Geranium x monacense ‘Claudine Dupont’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–September
6 $11.00
Geranium x monacense ‘Muldoon’ Photo Available Drawing Available  Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–August.
4 $11.00 SOLD OUT!
Geranium nodosum Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms May–October.
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
7 $10.75
Geranium nodosum ‘Clos du Coudray’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms June–October
6 $12.50 SOLD OUT!
Geranium nodosum ‘Svelte Lilac’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms May–October
7 $10.75
Geranium phaeum ‘Album’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–August
5 $11.75
Geranium phaeum ‘Alec’s Pink’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–August.
4 $11.75
Geranium phaeum ‘Langthorn’s Blue’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–August.
4 $11.75 SOLD OUT!
Geranium phaeum ‘Lavender Pinwheel’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–August
4 $11.75
Geranium phaeum ‘Lily Lovell’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–August
5 $11.75 SOLD OUT!
Geranium phaeum ‘Raven’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–August
4 $11.75
Plant NameCommon NameNotesHardy ZonePriceOrder
Geranium phaeum ‘Samobor’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms May–September
5 $11.75
Geranium phaeum ‘Springtime’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–June
4 $11.75 SOLD OUT!
Geranium phaeum ‘Walküre’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April – August.
5 $11.75
Geranium ‘Sabani Blue’ Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms May–June
5 $11.75
Helleborus x ballardiae ‘HGC Pink Frost’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms January–March
PREORDER FOR SUMMER 2025
5 $17.75
Helleborus ‘HGC Diva’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms December–March
5 $17.75 SOLD OUT!
Helleborus ‘HGC Ice n’ Roses® ‘Merlot’’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms December–March
5 $17.75 SOLD OUT!
Helleborus ‘HGC Ice ’n Roses® ′Rose’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover  New Plant Blooms November–mid-February
5 $17.75
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Black Diamond’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Winter Jewels® Hellebore Blooms February–April
5 $17.50
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Painted Doubles’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Winter Jewels® Hellebore Blooms January–April
5 $17.75
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Picotee Pearl’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover  New Plant Winter Jewels® Hellebore Blooms January–April
PREORDER FOR SUMMER 2025
5 $17.75
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Red Sapphire’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Winter Jewels® Hellebore Blooms February–April
5 $17.75 SOLD OUT!
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Sun Flare’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover  New Plant Winter Jewels® Hellebore Blooms January–April
5 $17.75
Helleborus niger ‘HGC Jacob’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms December–March
PREORDER FOR SUMMER 2025
5 $17.75
Ligularia dentata ‘Britt-Marie Crawford’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms July–August
4 $12.50 SOLD OUT!
Plant NameCommon NameNotesHardy ZonePriceOrder
Ligularia przewalskii    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms July–August.
5 $10.00
Ligularia stenocephala ‘The Rocket’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms July–August
5 $11.50
Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Golden Creeping Jenny Blooms April–September.
5 $9.75
Matteuccia struthiopteris Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Ostrich Fern Blooms
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
3 $11.50
Osmunda regalis ‘Purpurascens’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Royal Fern Blooms
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
4 $12.25
Phlox x arendsii ‘Miss Mary’    Full Sun  Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms July–September
3 $11.00
Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii ‘Chattahoochee’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–early June
3 $11.00 SOLD OUT!
Phlox divaricata ‘London Grove Blue’    Full Sun  Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April–May
4 $11.00 SOLD OUT!
Phlox divaricata ‘May Breeze’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Woodland Phlox Blooms April–May
4 $11.00
Podophyllum peltatum Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover  New Plant Mayapple Blooms April
3 $11.75
Polemonium ‘Bressingham Purple’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Jacobs Ladder Blooms April–May
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
4 $10.00
Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum ‘Variegatum’  Drawing Available  Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms April – May.
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
4 $12.25
Polystichum polyblepharum Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Tassel Fern Blooms
6 $12.00
Polystichum setiferum ‘Herrenhausen’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Soft Shield Fern (Divisilobum Group) Blooms
6 $12.00
Pulmonaria angustifolia ‘Blaues Meer’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms February-April
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
4 $11.50
Plant NameCommon NameNotesHardy ZonePriceOrder
Pulmonaria ‘Apple Frost’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms March–April.
4 $11.50 SOLD OUT!
Pulmonaria ‘Benediction’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms early March–May.
4 $11.50 SOLD OUT!
Pulmonaria ‘Berries and Cream’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms March–April.
4 $11.50 SOLD OUT!
Pulmonaria ‘Blue Ensign’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
5 $11.50
Pulmonaria ‘Diana Clare’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms late February–April
4 $11.50
Pulmonaria ‘Excalibur’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms March–May.
4 $11.50 SOLD OUT!
Pulmonaria ‘Little Star’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms early March – April.
4 $11.50
Pulmonaria longifolia ssp. cevennensis Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Cevennes Lungwort Blooms March – April.
4 $11.50 SOLD OUT!
Pulmonaria longifolia ‘Bertram Anderson’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms February–April
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
4 $11.50
Pulmonaria ‘Majesté’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms March–April.
4 $11.50
Pulmonaria ‘Opal’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms March–May
4 $11.50
Pulmonaria ‘Roy Davidson’ Photo Available Drawing Available  Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms mid-February–May.
4 $11.50
Pulmonaria saccharata ‘Dora Bielefeld’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms February–April.
4 $11.50 SOLD OUT!
Pulmonaria saccharata ‘Highdown’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Bethlehem Sage Blooms February–April.
4 $11.50 SOLD OUT!
Pulmonaria saccharata ‘Sissinghurst White’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms February–April
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
4 $11.50
Plant NameCommon NameNotesHardy ZonePriceOrder
Pulmonaria ‘Silver Streamers’    Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms March–April
4 $11.50 SOLD OUT!
Pulmonaria ‘Silver Bouquet’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms March–May
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
4 $11.50
Pulmonaria ‘Trevi Fountain’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms March–April
4 $11.50
Rohdea japonica Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms June–July.
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
6 $10.75
Saxifraga stolonifera ‘Maroon Beauty’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Strawberry Begonia Blooms June–October.
7 $10.00
Trachystemon orientalis Photo Available   Full Sun  Partial Shade  Shade Lover Oriental Trachystemon Blooms March
6 $10.75
Tricyrtis ‘Blue Wonder’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms September–October
5 $11.50
Tricyrtis ‘Dark Beauty’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms September–October
5 $11.50
Tricyrtis ‘Empress’ Photo Available Drawing Available  Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms August–September
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
5 $11.50
Tricyrtis formosana ‘Autumn Glow’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms August–September
5 $11.50
Tricyrtis formosana ‘Samurai’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms August–September.
5 $11.50
Tricyrtis ‘Hatatogisa’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms September–October.
5 $11.50
Tricyrtis hirta ‘Moonlight’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms September–October.
5 $11.50
Tricyrtis x ‘Sinonome’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms September–October.
PREORDER FOR SPRING 2025
5 $11.50
Tricyrtis ‘Taipei Silk’ Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Blooms September–October
5 $11.50
Plant NameCommon NameNotesHardy ZonePriceOrder
Trillium albidum Photo Available   Partial Shade  Shade Lover Sweet Trillium Blooms mid-March – late April.
6 $12.00 OUT OF PRODUCTION AT THIS TIME