Perennials Recommended for Shade
in the South
For Shade: (left to right, top to bottom) Bear's Breeches, Carpet Bugle, Eastern Columbine*, Italian Arum, Cast Iron Plant, Japanese Painted Fern, Hardy Begonia, Hardy Orchid, Green and Gold, Holly Fern, Autumn Fern, Southern Shield Fern*, Fairy Wings, Robb's Spurge, Lenten Rose, American Alumroot*, Hosta, Leopard Plant, Creeping Jenny, Woodland Phlox*, Variegated Solomon's Seal, Christmas Fern*, Tassel Fern, Sacred Lily, Strawberry Begonia, Arborvitae Fern, Indian Pink*, Foam Flower*, Toad Lily
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Acanthus species and hybrids

Ajuga reptans

Aquilegia canadensis

Arum italicum

Aspidistra elatior

Athyrium nipponicum

Begonia grandis

Bletilla striata

Chrysogonum virginianum

Cyrtomium falcatum

Dryopteris erythrosa

Dryopteris ludoviciana

Epimedium x versicolor

Euphorbia robbiae

Helleborus x hybridus

Heuchera americana

Hosta species and hybrids

Ligularia tussilaginea

Lysimachia nummularia

Phlox divaricata

Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum'

Polystichum acrostichiodes

Polystichum polyblepharum

Rhodea japonica

Saxifraga stolonifera

Selaginella braunii

Spigelia marilandica

Tiarella hybrids

Tricyrtis formosana