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Shade Tolerant Shrubs


Elk Mountain Home -- Catalog -- Ordering Information
Perennials: || A || B to D || E to H || I to L || M to P || Q to Z

Ground Covers || Herbs || Vines || Shrubs A to H || Shrubs I to Z || Trees || Japanese Maples

Lists of Suggested uses: Rock Gardens || Perennials for Shade || Shrubs for Shade

Butterfly and Hummingbird Plants || Perennials for Damp or Moist areas || Perennials for Wet or Bog areas

These shrubs will grow and bloom in shade. However, there is a rule, or should we say a law, concerning blooming in shade - "More shade = fewer flowers" or conversely "More sun = more flowers". Try to site your shrubs where they will get a few hours of direct sun. For those dark and dim places, use shrubs with interesting form, foliage or bark.

Aesculus
Buckeye
Calycanthus floridus
Sweetshrub
Clethra acuminata
Cinnamon Bark Clethra
Clethra alnifolia
Summersweet
Cornus amomum
Silky Dogwood
Cornus racemosa
Gray Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Red/Yellowtwig Dogwood
Euonymus americanus
Strawberry Bush
Hamamelis vernalis cv.
Witchhazel
Hamamelis virginiana
Common Witchhazel
Hydrangea quercifolia
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Kerria japonica
Kerria
Leucothoe fontanesiana
Doghobble
Leucothoe racemosa
Sweetbells Leucothoe
Lindera benzoin
Spicebush
Rhododendron maximum
Great Laurel
Viburnum plicatum
Doublefile Viburnum

Lists of Suggested uses: Rock Gardens || Perennials for Shade || Shrubs for Shade

Butterfly and Hummingbird Plants || Perennials for Damp or Moist areas || Perennials for Wet or Bog areas
Perennials: || A || B to D || E to H || I to L || M to P || Q to Z

Ground Covers || Herbs || Vines || Shrubs A to H || Shrubs I to Z || Trees || Japanese Maples
Elk Mountain Home -- Catalog -- Ordering Information

Last modified: 2/15/99
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