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Top 10 Perennial Flowers for Shade



Shades won't stop these flowers from shining brightly in your garden! Here are our top picks for perennial flowers for shade. Many of these plants have dark burgundy or lime-colored leaves, or bronze-orange in fall. Plant with brightly colored plants that help them stand out against light structures or in the shade of dark foliage.


Choose a plant suitable for soil conditions: dry or wet. If you plant under a tree, it may be a dry area because rain cannot penetrate the canopy. Watering is especially important when establishing plants under shade trees.


1. Hellebore



Deer-resistant hellebores thrive in well-drained soil with plenty of organic matter, under deciduous shade trees or woodlands. These perennials for shade bloom in late winter and early spring with double or single flowers. At 2 feet tall, the glossy green leaves are attractive and are often evergreen in warm climates.


2. Columbine


Columbines are nodding, pendulous flowers that rise above scaly green leaves from late spring to early summer. Available in most colors and bicolors, these perennials grow 1 to 3 feet tall with attractive seed heads that are equally attractive as dried flower arrangements.


3. Carolina Allspice



A large native shrub, Carolina allspice produces 2-inch-wide flowers from spring through summer. May have white, pink or red flowers with a strong fruity aroma that attracts butterflies and pollinators. These deer-resistant shrubs, 6 to 10 feet tall and wide, prefer well-drained soil and tolerate moist sites.


4. Bleeding heart


A springtime classic, bleeding heart blooms pink and white medallion-like flowers on slender, horizontal stems. The plant has soft green foliage (though with a golden hue) that reaches several feet tall in late spring.


5. Black cohosh



A native perennial, black cohosh grows about 4 to 6 feet tall and blooms spikes of small creamy white flowers above astilbe-like leaves. Deer-resistant, black cohosh prefers rich, well-drained soil in medium shade and can be grown under hardwood trees.


6. Barrenward


Barrenwort blooms in late spring to early summer with delicate flowers suspended on slender stems. Available in many colors, each flower is shaped like a four-cornered hat or spider. This perennial groundcover has heart- or arrow-shaped leaves that turn red or bronze in fall.


7. Bugbane



Preferring moist, well-draining soil, buckbane is a perennial plant with green or dark foliage. Spikes of small, fragrant, creamy white flowers bloom in late summer and reach heights of 4 to 6 feet. The flower petals are slightly fringed, creating a bottle brush effect.


8. Indian pink


This plant has bright red tubular flowers with yellow tips at the opening of each tube. Indian lilac prefers moist, well-drained soil rich in organic matter. Individual plants are about 1 foot wide, so plant several for a show from late spring through summer.


9. Hardy Begonia



From summer to fall, hardy begonias bear typical pink begonia flowers in clusters on long, slender pink stems. Relatively bushy, this perennial grows 1 to 3 feet tall and prefers rich, moist and well-drained soil.


10. Astilbe


Although many varieties are 1 to 4 feet tall, astilbes are even taller when they bloom with large feathery flowers in red, pink, maroon, or white. Preferring moist but well-drained soil, astilbes have green or bronze fern-like foliage.

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