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Abiqua Drinking Gourd Plantain Lily
Hosta (H. ‘Tokudama’ x H. sieboldiana) ‘Abiqua Drinking Gourd’
Item #3187
Unique Foliage
Alakazaam Hosta
Hosta ‘Alakazaam’ PPAF
Item #40350
Attractive Foliage
American Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
Item #8362
Native Plant
Anna’s Magic Ball™ Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis ‘Anna Van Vloten’ P.P.A.F.
Item #40695
Hedge Plant
Anne Greenway Dead Nettle
Lamium maculatum ‘Anne Greenway’
Item #3092
Groundcover
Aphrodite Plantain Lily
Hosta plantaginea ‘Aphrodite’
Item #3698
Fragrant
Apple Blossom Caladium
Caladium ‘Apple Blossom’
Item #30368
Brightens the shady garden
Ashwood Elegance Pearl Lenten Rose
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Elegance Pearl’
Item #7547
Shade Loving
Auslese Lady’s Mantle
Alchemilla mollis ‘Auslese’
Item #0201
Shade Loving
Bertram Anderson Lungwort
Pulmonaria longifolia ‘Bertram Anderson’
Item #6730
Showy Spring Flowers
Biedermeier Columbine
Aquilegia ‘Biedermeier’
Item #2043
Spring Flowering
Black Negligee Snakeroot
Actaea simplex ‘Black Negligee’
Item #3951
Woodland Garden
Bleeding Heart
Dicentra spectabilis
Item #0484
Native Plant
Blue Shag Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus ‘Blue Shag’
Item #4911
Dwarf Habit
Bombshell Caladium
Caladium ‘Bombshell’ PP23817
Item #30370
Brightens the garden
Bright Lights Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Bright Lights’
Item #2561
Woodland Garden
Bunchberry
Cornus canadensis
Item #2764
Year-round Interest
Cameo Series Blue & White Columbine
Aquilegia flabellata ‘Cameo Series Blue & White’
Item #0272
Compact Habit
Cassis Red Lenten Rose (Winter Dreams Series)
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Cassis Red’
Item #7545
Shade Loving
Catlin’s Giant Carpet Bugle
Ajuga reptans ‘Catlin’s Giant’
Item #0193
Attracts Butterflies
Celebration Caladium
Caladium ‘Celebration’ PPAF
Item #30372
Brightens the shady garden
Celebration New Guinea Impatiens
Impatiens x hawkeri Celebration Series Patented
Item #30584
Bright colors for shade
Chicago Lustre® Arrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum ‘Synnestvedt’
Item #1296
Hedge Plant
Compact Mugo Pine
Pinus mugo pumilio ‘Compact Select’
Item #3274
Dwarf Habit
Creamsickle Caladium
Caladium ‘Creamsickle’ PPAF
Item #30373
Brightens the shady garden
Creeping Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens
Item #3779
Ornamental Berries
Curly Fries Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Curly Fries’
Item #41268
Attractive Foliage
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Dart’s Gold Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Dart’s Gold’
Item #6826
Year-round Interest
De Vroomen’s Pride Lungwort
Pulmonaria ‘De Vroomen’s Pride’
Item #8470
Showy Spring Flowers
Diamond Tiara Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Diamond Tiara’
Item #3253
Shade Loving
Do Tell Herbaceous Peony
Paeonia lactiflora ‘Do Tell’
Item #5153
Flowers for Cutting
Double Fantasy Lenten Rose (Winter Dreams Series)
Helleborus niger ‘Double Fantasy’
Item #7543
Winter Flowering
Dream Weaver Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Dream Weaver’
Item #30536
Bold foliage for shade
Drew’s Blue™ Siberian Carpet Cypress
Microbiota decussata ‘Condrew’ P.P. #20298
Item #3851
Year-round Interest
Early Scout Fernleaf Peony
Paeonia x ‘Early Scout’
Item #6272
Flowers for Cutting
Elegans Plantain Lily
Hosta sieboldiana ‘Elegans’
Item #4183
Shade Loving
Empress Wu Hosta
Hosta ‘Empress Wu’ P.P. #20,774
Item #6824
Dramatic Foliage
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Enterprise Hosta
Hosta ‘Enterprise’
Item #9306
Dramatic Foliage Color
Eola Salad Bowl Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Eola Salad Bowl’
Item #4149
Shade Loving
Eola Sapphire Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Eola Sapphire’
Item #4147
Shade Loving
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Fantasy Island Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Fantasy Island’
Item #7511
Shade Loving
Fire and Ice Panicle Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Wim’s Red’ P.P.A.F.
Item #8020
Showy Flowers
Fire Island Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Fire Island’
Item #7512
Shade Loving
Fire Light™ Hardy Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata ‘SMHPFL’ P.P.A.F. Can. P.B.R.A.F.
Item #8994
Long Bloom Season
First Editions® Amber Jubilee® Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Jefam’ PPAF
Item #40525
Attractive Foliage
First Editions® Little Devil™ Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Donna May’ PPAF
Item #40526
Attracts Butterflies
Flavocircinalis Plantain Lily
Hosta tokudama ‘Flavocircinalis’
Item #1630
Shade Loving
Frances Williams Plantain Lily
Hosta sieboldiana ‘Frances Williams’
Item #4223
Shade Loving
Frosted Jade Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Frosted Jade’
Item #4395
Dramatic Foliage Color
General MacMahon Peony
Paeonia lactiflora ‘General MacMahon’
Item #9643
Showy Flowers
Ginko Craig Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Ginko Craig’
Item #4153
Shade Loving
Gold Heart Bleeding Heart
Dicentra spectabilis ‘Gold Heart’
Item #3562
Dramatic Foliage Color
Gold Standard Plantain Lily
Hosta fortunei ‘Gold Standard’
Item #4179
Shade Loving
Golden Prayers Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Golden Prayers’
Item #4177
Shade Loving
Golden Tiara Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Golden Tiara’
Item #4208
Shade Loving
Great Expectations Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Great Expectations’
Item #1991
Dramatic Foliage Color
Guacamole Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Guacamole’
Item #1752
Shade Loving
Guardian Angel Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Guardian Angel’
Item #30499
Hard Shield Fern
Polystichum aculeatum
Item #3646
Woodland Garden
Honeybells Plantain Lily
Hosta x plantaginea ‘Honeybells’
Item #0713
Shade Loving
Hot Lips Turtlehead
Chelone lyonii ‘Hot Lips’
Item #2419
Fall Flowering
Hottsy Tottsy Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Hottsy Tottsy’
Item #4148
Shade Loving
King Of Hearts Bleeding Heart
Dicentra x ‘King of Hearts’
Item #0481
Woodland Garden
Krossa Regal Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Krossa Regal’
Item #4182
Shade Loving
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Item #0502
Woodland Garden
Lady In Red Fern
Athyrium filix-femina ‘Lady In Red’
Item #1924
Dramatic Foliage Color
Lily-Of-The-Valley
Convallaria majalis
Item #2789
Showy Flowers
Limelight Hardy Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ P.P. #12,874, C.B.R. #2,319
Item #2437
Repeat Blooming
Little Lime™ Hardy Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Jane’ P.P.A.F.
Item #2992
Repeat Blooming
Little Quick Fire™ Hardy Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata ‘SMHPLQF’ P.P.A.F. Can. P.B.R.A.F
Item #8995
Compact Habit
Loyalist Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Loyalist’
Item #2183
Dramatic foliage for shade
Luxuriant Fringed Bleeding Heart
Dicentra x ‘Luxuriant’
Item #3161
Easy Care Plant
Magnum New Guinea Impatiens
Impatiens x hawkeri Magnum Series
Item #30424
Large, brilliant blooms
Meadowlark Forsythia
Forsythia x ‘Meadowlark’
Item #40259
Spring Flowers
Mighty Mouse Hosta
Hosta x ‘Mighty Mouse’
Item #40157
Dramatic Foliage for Shade
Minuteman Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Minuteman’
Item #0698
Summer Flowering
Miss America Peony
Paeonia x Miss America
Item #7432
Flowers for Cutting
Misty Lace Goatsbeard
Aruncus ‘Misty Lace’ P.P.# 15,798
Item #40079
Showy Flowers
Moonlight Caladium
Caladium ‘Moonlight’
Item #30377
Brightens the shady garden
Mountain Lady’s Mantle
Alchemilla alpina
Item #4868
Rock Garden Plant
New Moon Globe Flower
Trollius cultorum ‘New Moon’
Item #7714
Woodland Garden
Night Before Christmas Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Night Before Christmas’
Item #30498
White-centered leaves
Night Before Christmas Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Night Before Christmas’
Item #4165
Shade Loving
Northern Exposure Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Northern Exposure’
Item #30502
Dramatic foliage for shade
Orange Marmalade Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Orange Marmalade’
Item #3548
Dramatic Foliage Color
Orange Mint
Mentha x piperita f. citrata ‘Orange’
Item #40010
Edible
Orange Star Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Orange Star’ PPAF
Item #30538
Brilliantly variegated leaves
Party Punch Caladium
Caladium ‘Party Punch’
Item #30378
Brightens the shady garden
Picotee Lenten Rose (Winter Dreams Series)
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Picotee’
Item #7549
Shade Loving
Pilgrim Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Pilgrim’
Item #30539
Striking foliage coloration
Pink Diamond Hardy Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Interhydia’
Item #4244
Long Bloom Season
Pink Princess Cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa ‘Pink Princess’
Item #31374
Long Bloom Season
Pink Splash Caladium
Caladium ‘Pink Splash’ PP23792
Item #30381
Brightens shady gardens
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Pinky Winky™ Hardy Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata ‘DVPpinky’ P.P. #16,166, C.B.R. #2,892
Item #7461
Repeat Blooming
Quick Fire® Hardy Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Bulk’ P.P. #16,812, C.B.R.A.F.
Item #7460
Repeat Blooming
Red Baron Creeping Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens ‘Red Baron’
Item #1761
Groundcover
Red Cloud Spiderwort
Tradescantia andersoniana ‘Red Cloud’
Item #40032
Tolerates Wet Soils
Red Lake Currant
Ribes rubrum ‘Red Lake’
Item #6825
Edible Fruit
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Red Wall™ Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia ‘Troki’ P.P.A.F.
Item #8152
Fall Color
Rose Glow Caladium
Caladium ‘Rose Glow’ PP20070
Item #30386
Brightens the garden
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Rosedale Golden Goose Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Rosedale Golden Goose’
Item #3947
Shade Loving
Royal Standard Plantain Lily
Hosta x plantaginea ‘Royal Standard’
Item #4173
Shade Loving
Ruse Black Lenten Rose (Winter Dreams Series)
Helleborus x ‘Ruse Black’
Item #7546
Shade Loving
Seducer Hosta
Hosta ‘Seducer’ P.P. #22, 413
Item #40363
Shade Loving
Serendipity Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Serendipity’
Item #4184
Shade Loving
Sitting Pretty Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Sitting Pretty’
Item #4152
Dwarf Habit
Songbird Goldfinch Columbine
Aquilegia ‘Songbird Goldfinch’
Item #40004
Showy spring flowers
Sonic® New Guinea Impatiens
Impatiens x hawkeri Sonic® Series Patented
Item #30425
Vibrant, extra large flowers
Sorbet Peony
Paeonia lactiflora ‘Sorbet’
Item #7418
Flowers for Cutting
Stained Glass Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Stained Glass’ P.P.A.F.
Item #4467
Dramatic Foliage Color
Sugar & Spice Foam Flower
Tiarella x ‘Sugar & Spice’ P.P.# 16738
Item #4756
Prolific Flowering
Sugar And Spice Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Sugar And Spice’
Item #30500
Superb foliage for shade
Supergoal New Guinea Impatiens
Impatiens x hawkeri Supergoal Series
Item #30585
Brightens up the shade
Texas Gold Columbine
Aquilegia chrysantha hinckleyana ‘Texas Gold’
Item #2089
Showy Flowers
The Razor’s Edge Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘The Razor’s Edge’
Item #7516
Shade Loving
Upright Mugo Pine
Pinus mugo ‘Upright Select’
Item #4966
Year-Round Interest
Valentine® Bleeding Heart
Dicentra spectabilis ‘Hordival’ P.P.#22,739
Item #0490
Woodland Garden
Variegated Siberian Bugloss
Brunnera macrophylla ‘Variegata’
Item #1365
Groundcover
Very Berry Creeping Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens ‘Very Berry’
Item #3778
Groundcover
Victory Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Victory’
Item #9313
Dramatic Foliage
Vulcan Hosta
Hosta x ‘Vulcan’
Item #40358
Dramatic Foliage
Weeping White Spruce
Picea glauca ‘Pendula’
Item #3627
Year-round Interest
Whirlwind Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Whirlwind’
Item #2184
Dramatic Foliage Color
White Bleeding Heart
Dicentra spectabilis ‘Alba’
Item #1586
Woodland Garden
White Pearl Caladium
Caladium ‘White Pearl’
Item #30397
Brightens the garden
Wide Brim Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Wide Brim’
Item #4185
Shade Loving
Winterglow Bergenia
Bergenia cordifolia ‘Winterglut’
Item #2202
Year-round Interest
Irma stevens
I garden in zone 3, we had a very dry winter, not much snow cover, consequently lost quite a few of my shade loving ones and am now looking to replace them!! I have not found quite a few that are on this list! I do have quite a few hostas,but am looking to try some of these that you have mentioned!!
Will try again at our local garden centres. Some on your list ( Lenten rose e. g are not hardy here.
Tao Chamberlin
I don’t understand why peonies have made this list? Even in part shade, they get very leggy, with few flowers.