Shade Tolerant Plants

These are plants that will survive and grow with four hours or less of sun light each day. Depending on the plant some may need the four hours to show off some fall color. A few plants noted are tolerant of dense shade, and do not require any direct sunlight each day.

Trees Dogwood Japanese Maple Red Bud ServiceberryShrubs Burning Bush Chokeberry Clethra Cotoneaster Dogwood Fothergilla Gro-low Sumac Hydrangea Rhododendron Viburnum var. Witch HazelEvergreens Azalea Boxwood Euonymus var. Holly Rhododendron Yew	Perennials Astilbe Bergenia Bleeding Heart Bluebells Brunnera Columbine Daylily English Ivy Ferns Foam Flower Foxglove Hardy Geranium Heuchera Hosta Jacob’s Ladder Lamium Lenton Rose Liriope Lily of the Valley Obedient Plant Pachysandra Soloman’s Seal Spiderwort Sweet Woodruff Vinca Wintercreeper
= tolerates dense shade. “var.” = only certain varieties are included in this classification