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Sun Shade Perennials


Sun Shade Perennials
Make Beautiful Perennial Borders!

Sun shade perennials work well with your shade garden boarders. As the trees start to leaf out there is plenty sun for bulbs and perennials to get the necessary sun needed to bloom in your shade garden. Then the shade perennials will take over. Also along the boarders where the sun meets the shade, sun perennials will do their job of defining the garden.

Shade gardening takes a little getting used to. But once you've mastered shade perennials you'll have plenty of people wanting to walk in the shade of your shade garden, admiring all your beautiful and thriving shade plants. Many people don't know what to do with the shady areas of their garden so if you can get started with these plants your garden will be the envy of your neighbours as it will look complete.

15 pages of perennials are for you to look through to help you plan and design your garden

Here are some sun shade perennials to get you started:


Bigleaf Periwinkle

Scientific Name: Vinca major
Zone: 3-8
Sun: Full Shade - Partial Sun

"The Bigleaf Periwinkle, Vinca major, is also known as Greater (rosy) Periwinkle, Big Perwinkle and Large Periwinkle. The plant is shrub-like and grow... more


Chameleon Plant

Scientific Name: Houttuynia cordata
Zone: 5-9
Sun: Full Shade

"The Houttuynia 'Chameleon Plant'Ö, Houttuynia cordata, is one of the most popular ground covers around. Small white flowers appear from July to Augus... more


Dwarf Mondo Grass

Scientific Name: Ophiopogon japonicus
Zone: 6-11
Sun: Full Shade - Partial Sun

Dwarf Mondo Grass, Ophiopogon japonicus, is an ornamental grass which grows to 4" in height and is closely related to the liriope. It is also known ... more


Japanese Spurge

Scientific Name: Pachysandra terminalis
Zone: 4-8
Sun: Full Shade - Partial Sun

"The Japanese Spurge plant, Pachysandra terminalis, and also known as Pachysandra, is a shrubby, evergreen ground cover which grows 8-12"" high and sp... more


Lambs Ears - Big Ears

Scientific Name: Stachys byzantina 'Helen von Stein'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Partial Sun

The Stachys Big Ears Lamb Ears, Stachys byzantina 'Helen von Stein', is known for its soft, fuzzy, silvery green foliage. With spikes of purplis... more


Lamium - White Nancy

Scientific Name: Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Shade - Partial Sun

"The Lamium 'White Nancy', Lamium maculatum, has beautiful oval, variegated silvery-white leaves with greenish margins. The short spiked white flowers... more


Liriope - Big Blue

Scientific Name: Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'
Zone: 5-10
Sun: Full Shade - Partial Sun

"The Liriope 'Big Blue', Lirope muscari 'Big Blue', also known as Lirope,is a grass-like foliage set with tall spikes of lavender-blue, hyacinth-like ... more


Liriope - Variegated

Scientific Name: Liriope muscari 'Variegata'
Zone: 6-10
Sun: Full Sun - Full Shade

"The Liriope 'Variegated', Lirope muscari 'Variegata', also known as Lirope variegated lily-turf, is as it's name implies, a variegated border grass. ... more


Moneywort - Golden

Scientific Name: Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'
Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Shade - Partial Sun

"The Lysimachia 'Golden Moneywort'Ö, Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea', also known as Creeping Jenny, has dime sized, wonderful evergreen and yellow veine... more


Moneywort - Goldilocks

Scientific Name: Lysimachia nummularia
Zone: 4-8
Sun: Partial Sun

"The Moneywort 'Goldilocks', Lysimachia nummularia, also known as Creeping Jenny, displays trailing discs of greenish gold that turn-bright yellow in ... more


Oriental Limelight

Scientific Name: Artemisia Hybrid 'Oriental Limelight'
Zone: 4-8
Sun: Full Sun

"The 'Oriental Limelight', Artemisia Hybrid, is a sun shade perennials tall grower that's great in large containers. The mounding self-branching habit makes 'Oriental Lime... more


Periwinkle - Illimuniation

Scientific Name: Vinca minor 'Illumination'
Zone: 4-8
Sun: Full Shade - Partial Sun

"The Vinca Minor 'Illumination', produces near continuous foliage changes. Spring growth emerges chartreuse then brightens to golden yellow. Each yell... more



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