Color in the Shade

For Months of Flowers

• impatiens--TS or annual
• begonia--TS or annual
• wishbone flower (Torenia fournieri)--annual
• peace lily (Spathiphyllum sp.)--TS*
• amethyst flower (Browallia sp.)--annual

Flowering Ground Covers

• Lenten rose (Helleborus orientalis)--US, MS, LS
• carpet bugleweed (Ajuga reptans)--US, MS, LS
• common periwinkle (Vinca minor)--US to CS
• mazus (Mazus reptans)--US to CS
• 'Big Blue' liriope (Liriope muscari 'Big Blue')--AS
• golden star (Chrysogonum virginianum)--US to CS

Plants With Colorful Foliage

• caladium--TS or annual
• coleus--TS or annual
• 'Mr. Goldstrike' Japanese aucuba (Aucuba japonica 'Mr. Goldstrike')--AS
• 'Plum Passion' nandina (Nandina domestica 'Monum')--US to CS

Colorful Grasses for Shade

• variegated Japanese sedge (Carex hachijoensis 'Evergold')--US to CS
• golden sweet flag (Acorus gramineus 'Ogon')--AS
• variegated sweet flag (Acorus gramineus 'Variegatus')--AS
• golden Japanese forest grass (Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola')--US, MS, LS

Plants for Winter Bloom

• camellia (Camellia japonica)--US to CS
• winter daphne (Daphne odora)--MS, LS
• tea olive (Osmanthus fragrans)--LS, CS, TS
• leatherleaf mahonia (Mahonia bealei)--US to CS
• Lenten rose--US, MS, LS

Plants With Colorful Berries

• nandina--US to CS
• holly--zones depend on species
• Japanese skimmia (Skimmia japonica)--US
• Italian arum (Arum italicum)--US to CS
• Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)--US, MS

*Can be grown in container where not winter hardy.

US = Upper South
MS = Middle South
LS = Lower South
CS = Coastal South
TS = Tropical South
AS = All South