All plants

Plants for shade

What grows on the north side of a house, under a tree and against a wall the sun reaches for an hour.

The list holds the plants whose record accepts shade as a position. 30 plants.

• Japanese mapleAcer palmatum 'Atropurpureum'
• Lady's mantleAlchemilla mollis
• AstilbeAstilbe × arendsii
• Heartleaf bergeniaBergenia cordifolia
• Common boxBuxus sempervirens
• European hornbeamCarpinus betulus
• Lily of the valleyConvallaria majalis
• Hedge cotoneasterCotoneaster lucidus
• FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
• Male fernDryopteris filix-mas
• WintercreeperEuonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'
• European beechFagus sylvatica
• Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macra
• Common ivyHedera helix
• Coral bells 'Palace Purple'Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple'
• Plantain lily 'Halcyon'Hosta 'Halcyon'
• Climbing hydrangeaHydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris
• Smooth hydrangea 'Annabelle'Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'
• Bigleaf hydrangeaHydrangea macrophylla
• Wild privetLigustrum vulgare 'Atrovirens'
• Ostrich fernMatteuccia struthiopteris
• Japanese spurgePachysandra terminalis
• Virginia creeperParthenocissus quinquefolia 'Engelmannii'
• Cherry laurelPrunus laurocerasus 'Rotundifolia'
• Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'
• RedcurrantRibes rubrum
• Hicks yewTaxus × media 'Hicksii'
• English yewTaxus baccata
• Guelder roseViburnum opulus
• Lesser periwinkleVinca minor

Other lists

• Plants for bees and butterflies

  Forage from early spring to late autumn, with each plant's flowering months stated.

• Drought tolerant plants

  A garden that survives July without a hose starts with the plant list, not with irrigation.

• Evergreen plants

  What holds a garden together from November to March, when the rest of it is underground.

• Plants for a hedge

  Species that take clipping and close into a line, with the mature height of each.

• Ground cover plants

  Instead of weeding: a close mat that shuts the ground and keeps weeds out.

• Plants safe with children and pets

  Nothing toxic and nothing thorny: the list a garden with a toddler or a dog starts from.

• Plants for screening

  For a neighbour's window, a road, and anything you would rather not look at from the terrace.

• Plants for pots

  For a terrace or a balcony, where the soil ends at the wall of the pot and water goes twice as fast.

Reviewed and approved for Poland by a qualified gardener with thirty years of practice, 2026-09-22.