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Plants for Shade

Trees

Name Common Name
Acer circinatum Vine Maple
Acer palmatum Japanese Maple- Green or Variegated Leaf
Arbutus unedo Strawberry Tree
Cercis Canadensis Eastern Redbud
Cornus nutalli Dogwood- must have some sun to flower
Parrotia persica Persian Parrotia
Stewartia  
Styrax japonica Japanese Snowbell
Taxus Yew
Thuja plicata Western Red Cedar
Tsuga heterophylla Western Hemlock

Shrubs

Name Common Name
Abutilon Flowering Maple
Aucuba japonica Japanese aucuba
Buxus Boxwood
Camellia  
Clethra alnifolia Summersweet
Cornus Twig Dogwood
Daphne odora Winter Daphne and Others
Elaeagnus 'Gilt Edge' Gilt Edge Silverberry
Enkianthus  
Euonymus Green Spire  
Fatsia japonica Japanese aralia
Fuchsia Both annual and perennial
Gardenia Kleims Hardy
Hamamelis Witch Hazel
Hydrangea  
Ilex Holly
Kalmia latifolia Mountain Laurel
Leucothoe  
Lorapetalum chinesis  
Mahonia Oregon Grape
Nandina domestica Heavenly Bamboo- will stay rich green
Osmanthus Many Varieties
Pieris Many Varieties
Pittosporum  
Prunus laurocerasus English Laurel Varieties
Rhododendrons/Azaleas  
Ribe sanguineum Pink Winter Currant
Sarcococca  
Skimmia japonica  
Symphoricarpos Snowberry
Vaccinnium Evergreen Huckleberry
Viburnum Evergreen Varieties

Vines

Name Common Name
Akebia Five Leaf Akebia
Ampelopsis Blueberry Climber
Lonicera Honeysuckle
Parthenocissus Virginia Creeper and Boston Ivy
Schizophragma  
Trachelospermum jasminoides Star Jasmine

Perennials/Annuals/Ground Cover

Name Common Name
Acanthus mollis Bears Breech
Aconitum  
Ajuga Carpet Bugle- Ground Cover
Alchemilla Lady's Mantle
Anemone Late Summer/Fall Bloomer
Aquilegia  
Arctostaphylos Kinnikinnick
Aruncus Goats Beard
Astilbe Many Varieties
Astrantia  
Begonia Generally Annuals in this area
Bergenia  
Campanula  
Cimicifuga  
Coleus Annuals
Colacasia Tender
Convallaria Lilly of the Valley
Corydalis  
Cyclamen  
Dicentra Bleeding Heart
Digitalis Foxglove
Doronicum Leopards Bane
Epidmedium Bishops Hat- Ground Cover
Ferns  
Filipendula  
Fragaria Wild Strawberry
Galium odoratum Sweet Woodruff- Ground Cover
Gaultheria shallon Salal- Ground Cover
Gaultheria procumbens Wintergreen-Ground Cover
Geranium Cranesbill
Helleborus  
Huchera  
Heucherella  
Hosta  
Impatients Annual
Kirengeshoma palmate Yellow Waxbells
Lamium Ground Cover
Ligularia Use Slug Bait
Liriope  
Ophiopogon  
Lobelia both Annual and Perennial Varieties
Myosotis Forget-Me-Not
Oxalis  
Pachysandra Ground Cover
Polemonium  
Polygonatum Solomon's Seal
Primula Primroses
Saxifraga  
ITiarella Foam Flower
Tradescantia  
Tricyrtis hirta Toad Lilly
Trillium  
Trollium Globeflower
Vaccinium crassifolium Creeping blueberry
Vinca Ground Cover
Viola, Pansy  

Grasses

Name Common Name
Briza media Quaking Grass
Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster
Carex Several Varieties
Deschampsia caespitosa  
Hakonechloa  
Millium 'Aureum' Golden Wood Millet
Molinia caerulea Purple Moor Grass
Pennisetum orientale Oriental Fountain Grass
Stipa Korean reed Grass

 

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