Here is a series of 15 pages with lots of examples of varieties of perennials you can choose for you garden, whether they like full sun, dappled shade, or full shade there will be something you can use in all the areas of your gardening. You don’t have to forget about your shade garden, the variety of shade plants and shade flowers you have the option of using is amazing.
Each type of plant will have certain preferences in relation to the amount and type of shade or sun that they need to be able to thrive, do make sure you read all the descriptions before planting.
![]() Iris - Butter and Sugar
Scientific Name: Iris siberica 'Butter and Sugar' "The Iris 'Butter and Sugar'�, Iris siberica, has creamy white butter-yellow flowers with greenish yellow veins. Blooming from late spring into summer... more |
Iris - Caesars Brother
Scientific Name: Iris siberica 'Caesar's Brother' " The Iris 'Caesar's Brother'�, Iris siberica, has rich, deep intense blue flowers with slightly bluish-green leaves. Blooming from late spring into s... more |
![]() Iris - Immortality
Scientific Name: Iris Germanica 'Immortality' "The Iris Immortality, Iris x germanica 'Immortality' is a fragrant reblooming bearded iris that has pure white flowers and cream coloredbeards. With ... more |
Iris - Mother Earth
Scientific Name: Iris germanica 'Mother Earth' "The Iris Mother Earth, Iris', part of the reblooming Bearded Iris family, has creamy oyster standards with lavender blush and falls and 8-10 blooms p... more |
Jacobs Ladder - Stairway to Heaven
Scientific Name: Polemonium reptans 'Stairway to Heaven' "The Polemonium Stairway to Heaven, 'Polemonium reptans', has wonderful green leaves with white leave margins that are tinged pink. The pale lavender ... more |
Lambs Ears
Scientific Name: Stachys byzantina "The Stachys 'Lamb'�s Ear'�, Stachys byzantina, is known for its soft, fuzzy, silvery green foliage. With spikes of purplish pink small flowers, it ha... more |
Leadwort - Plumbago
Scientific Name: Ceratostigma plumbaginoides "The Ceratostigma 'Plumbago Leadwort'�, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, is a beautiful, fast growing ground cover with dark oval green foliage, turning t... more |
Leopard Plant - Othello
Scientific Name: Ligularia dentata "The Ligularia 'Othello Leopard Plant'�, Ligularia dentata, is a wonderful yellow-orange, daisy-like flower with huge leathery, toothed, heart-shaped,... more |
![]() Ligularia - Brit Marie
Scientific Name: Ligularia 'Britt-Marie Crawford' "The Ligularia Brit Marie Crawford, 'Ligularia dentata', is a wonderful yellow-orange, daisy-like flower with huge glossy maroon foliage that remains ... more |
![]() Lily - Casa Blanca (Oriental Lily)
Scientific Name: Lilium 'Casa Blance' "The Oriental Lily Casa Blanca, 'Lilum 'Casa Blanca'�, has extremely large pure white flowers that are fragrant, producing 4-5 flowers per stem. The d... more |
Lily - Stargazer
Scientific Name: Lilium 'Stargazer' "The Oriental Lily Stargazer, 'Lilum 'Stargazer'�, has extremely large pink flowers with white edges and spots of red that are fragrant, producing 4-5... more |
Lobelia - Monet Moment
Scientific Name: Lobelia 'Monet Moment' "The Lobelia Monet Moment, 'Lobelia', also known as Cardinal Flower, has unique, large masses of rose pink spiked flowers with burgundy foliage. Bloom... more |
Moss - Irish
Scientific Name: Sagina subulata "The Sagina Irish Moss, 'Sagina subulata', is one of the most popular ground covers around. The lush, deep green foliage stays compact and produces ti... more |
![]() Moss - Scotch
Scientific Name: Sagina subulata 'Aurea' "The Sagina Golden Scotch Moss, 'Sagina subulata', is one of the most popular ground covers around. The lush, yellow-green foliage stays compact and p... more |
Obedient Plant - Miss Manners
Scientific Name: Physostegia virginiana "The Physostegia 'Miss Manners'�, Physostegia virginiana, also know as Obedient Plant, has bright white spiked flowers that are 18'� tall and a plant ... more |
Obedient Plant - Vivid
Scientific Name: Physostegia virginiana 'Vivid' "The Obedient Plant Physostegia 'Vivid'�, 'Physostegia virginiana', has deep pink cup shaped flowers that are 24'� tall and a plant spread of 18-24'�.... more |
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