Shade-loving plants

Shade-loving plants are garden plants that can be grown without a lot of sunshine. Most urban gardners must find plants that will grow in partial or full shade.The following plants are known to be shade-loving:

Shrubs

• Hetz's Japanese holly 
• Inkberry holly 
• Hemlock 

Pernnial plants

• Bleeding hearts 
• Fringed bleeding hearts 
• Dutchman's breeches 
• Jack-in-the-pulpit
• Lenten rose 
• Leopard plants 
• Virginia bluebells
• Barrenwort

Annual plants

• Impatiens 

Ground covers

• Spotted deadnettle 
• Creeping myrtle 
• Pachysandra 
• Some types of hosta 
• Bunchberry 

Climbing plants

• Climbing hydrangea 
• Boston ivy