Plants that Love Shade

Posted by admin on January 23, 2009

These shade loving plants are loaded with color and texture. This post should give you a great idea of some shade plants to buy for your garden at home. Pinch off finished blooms on any of these all summer long to keep them flowering. Feed these once a month.

• Impatiens - There are many colors of these that thrive in the shade
• New Guinea Impatiens - These can do with less shade, they have darker green foliage, and they also have larger brilliant blooms than regular impatiens
• Tuberous Begonias -  These can tolerate up to 6 hours of sun, and can be grown in baskets or containers
• Fuscias - Fuscias can be grown in hanging baskets
• Coleus - These have bright leaves including purples, greens, yellows, chartreuse
• Hostas - These can be dwarf to giant and the more yellowish the leaves, the more sun they can take
• Bleeding Hearts - These can take a little sun, they are on average 1-3 feet tall, and flowers are usually between pink and white
• Astilbe - These have soft feathery plumes in mid to late summer in pink to red
• Lily of the Valley - Quick spreaders
• Ferns - Quick growers
• Baby Tears - Low growing

If you would like to learn about high density gardening in the sun and shade, click here.