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
Bear's Breeches
Acanthus species and hybridsCarpet Bugle
Ajuga reptansEastern Columbine
Aquilegia canadensisItalian Arum
Arum italicumCast Iron Plant
Aspidistra elatiorJapanese Painted Fern
Athyrium nipponicumHardy Begonia
Begonia grandisHardy Orchid
Bletilla striataGreen and Gold
Chrysogonum virginianumHolly Fern
Cyrtomium falcatumAutumn Fern
Dryopteris erythrosaSouthern Shield Fern
Dryopteris ludovicianaFairy Wings
Epimedium x versicolorRob's Spurge
Euphorbia robbiaeLenten Rose
Helleborus x hybridusAmerican Alumroot
Heuchera americanaHosta
Hosta species and hybridsLeopard Plant
Ligularia tussilagineaCreeping Jenny
Lysimachia nummulariaWoodland Phlox
Phlox divaricataVariegated Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum'Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichiodesJapanese Tassel Fern
Polystichum polyblepharumSacred Lily
Rhodea japonicaStrawberry Begonia
Saxifraga stoloniferaArborvitae Fern
Selaginella brauniiIndian Pink
Spigelia marilandicaFoam Flower
Tiarella hybridsToad Lily
Tricyrtis formosanaShow More