If you have a garden with full sun and different types of shade areas, you can have a good variety of plants but don’t neglect your shady parts of the garden. There are 15 pages of perennials listed here for you to browse to see what would fit best in with your garden design. Check the requirements for each individual plant to find out whether they like a shady spot, or dappled shading such as under trees, or they even may just like to sit in the full sun.
Bigleaf Periwinkle
Scientific Name: Vinca major "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 "The Houttuynia 'Chameleon Plant'�, 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 "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 "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' "The Stachys 'Big Ears Lamb'�s Ear'�, 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' "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' "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' "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' "The Lysimachia 'Golden Moneywort'�, Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea', also known as Creeping Jenny, has dime sized, wonderful evergreen and yellow veine... more |
Moneywort - Goldilocks
Scientific Name: Lysimachia nummularia "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' "The 'Oriental Limelight', Artemisia Hybrid, is a tall grower that's great in large containers. The mounding self-branching habit makes 'Oriental Lime... more |
Periwinkle - Illimuniation
Scientific Name: Vinca minor 'Illumination' "The Vinca Minor 'Illumination', produces near continuous foliage changes. Spring growth emerges chartreuse then brightens to golden yellow. Each yell... more |
Phlox - Emerald Blue
Scientific Name: Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue' "The Phlox 'Emerald Blue'�, Phlox subulata, is an ideal ground cover with dark blue flowers and a thick mat of semi-evergreen foliage. Blooming from A... more |
Ranunculus - Buttered Popcorn
Scientific Name: Ranunculus repens 'Buttered Popcorn' "The Buttered Popcorn', Ranunculus repens, is a great ground cover that vigorously spreads to 4'. Its broad finley cut leaves are silvery-green with a... more |
Silver Brocade
Scientific Name: Artemisia stelleriana "The Artemisia 'Silver Brocade'�, Artemisia stelleriana, is a compact, silver-white, wooly perennial with a plant spread of 24-30'� and a height of 15... more |
Virginia Creeper
Scientific Name: Parthenocissus quinquefolia "The Virginia Creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, is a fast-growing, high-climbing vine that attaches itself with tendrils which expand, disk-like, ... more |
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