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.
30 plantsThe list holds the plants whose record accepts shade as a position.
AstilbeAstilbe × arendsii
Bigleaf hydrangeaHydrangea macrophylla
Cherry laurelPrunus laurocerasus 'Rotundifolia'
Climbing hydrangeaHydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris
Common boxBuxus sempervirens
Common ivyHedera helix
Coral bells 'Palace Purple'Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple'
English yewTaxus baccata
European beechFagus sylvatica
European hornbeamCarpinus betulus
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Guelder roseViburnum opulus
Heartleaf bergeniaBergenia cordifolia
Hedge cotoneasterCotoneaster lucidus
Hicks yewTaxus × media 'Hicksii'
Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macra
Japanese mapleAcer palmatum 'Atropurpureum'
Japanese spurgePachysandra terminalis
Lady's mantleAlchemilla mollis
Lesser periwinkleVinca minor
Lily of the valleyConvallaria majalis
Male fernDryopteris filix-mas
Ostrich fernMatteuccia struthiopteris
Plantain lily 'Halcyon'Hosta 'Halcyon'
RedcurrantRibes rubrum
Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'
Smooth hydrangea 'Annabelle'Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'
Virginia creeperParthenocissus quinquefolia 'Engelmannii'
Wild privetLigustrum vulgare 'Atrovirens'
WintercreeperEuonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'
Plants picked for your own plot
The studio draws a plan for your own plot and picks plants that suit its light and soil. It needs no account.
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Other lists
- Plants for bees and butterflies60 plantsForage from early spring to late autumn, with each plant's flowering months stated.
- Drought tolerant plants42 plantsA garden that gets through July without a hose starts with the plant list.
- Evergreen plants24 plantsWhat holds a garden together from November to March, when the rest of it is underground.
- Plants for a hedge13 plantsSpecies that take clipping and close into a line, with the mature height of each.
- Ground cover plants17 plantsInstead of weeding: a close mat that shuts the ground and keeps weeds out.
- Plants safe with children and pets39 plantsNothing toxic and nothing thorny: the list a garden with a toddler or a dog starts from.
- Plants for screening24 plantsFor a neighbour's window, a road, and anything you would rather not look at from the terrace.
- Plants for pots8 plantsFor 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, 22 September 2026.