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