
Shade Gardening for Zone 8 Plants – Partial Shade & Full Shade
This is a full list of shade plants that will survive a Zone 8 hardiness gardening zone. Each plant contains two links providing growing information, watering needs, flower color, and when it blooms. Enjoy our photos.
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Polystichum setiferum
Item #3649
Shade Loving
Adiantum pedatum
NEW PLANT
Hosta plantaginea ‘Aphrodite’
Item #3698
Fragrant
Potentilla ‘Arc En Ciel’
Item #1948
Summer Flowering
Aurea Marginata Plantain Lily
Hosta fortunei ‘Aurea Marginata’
Item #0692
Shade Loving
Alchemilla mollis ‘Auslese’
Item #0201
Shade Loving
Dryopteris erythrosora
Item #3624
Shade Loving
Beacon Silver Dead Nettle
Lamium maculatum ‘Beacon Silver’
Item #2489
Summer Flowering
Dianella caerulea ‘DCNC0’ P.P.# 18505
NEW PLANT
Beesia deltophylla
Item #5002
Woodland Garden
Hydrangea serrata ‘Beni Gaku’
Item #4234
Summer Flowering
Black Negligee Snakeroot
Cimicifuga ramosa ‘Black Negligee’
Item #3951
Woodland Garden
Tiarella x ‘Black Velvet’ P.P.# 12348
Item #7308
Dramatic Foliage Color
Dicentra spectabilis
Item #0484
Native Plant
Bowles’ Common Periwinkle
Vinca minor ‘Bowles’
Item #7613
Cottage Garden Plant
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Bridal Veil’
Hosta x ‘Bright Lights’
Item #2561
Woodland Garden
Dryopteris erythrosora ‘Brilliance’
Item #2122
Dramatic Foliage Color
Cimicifuga ramosa ‘Brunette’
Athyrium niponicum ‘Burgundy Lace’ P.P.# 15072
Item #2206
Dramatic Foliage Color
Calycanthus floridus
Item #1451
Fragrant
Cassa Blue™ Flax Lily
Dianella caerulea ‘DBB03’ P.P.# 17998
Item #9830
Easy Care Plant
Aspidistra elatior
Item #0345
Shade Loving
Hosta x ‘Cherry Berry’
Item #1676
Dramatic Foliage Color
Chinese Astilbe
Astilbe chinensis ‘Pumila’
Item #0352
Deer Resistant
NEW PLANT
Disporum cantoniense ‘Green Giant’
Polystichum acrostichoides
Item #8371
Woodland Garden
Hosta x ‘Christmas Tree’
Item #2510
Shade Loving
Gaultheria procumbens
Athyrium filix femina ‘Cristatum’
Item #3610
Shade Loving
Blechnum spicant
Item #2812
Shade Loving
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Deutschland’
Hosta ‘Diamond Tiara’
Item #3253
Shade Loving
Dryopteris x australis
Item #2123
Woodland Garden
Hosta sieboldiana ‘Elegans’
Hosta x ‘Eola Salad Bowl’
Item #4149
Shade Loving
Hosta x ‘Eola Sapphire’
Item #4147
Shade Loving
Europa Japanese Astilbe
Astilbe japonica ‘Europa’
Item #0164
Spring Flowering
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Fanal’
Item #0350
Shade Loving
Rodgersia aesculifolia
Item #6957
Woodland Garden
Fire And Ice Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Fire and Ice’
Item #1749
Dramatic Foliage Color
NEW PLANT
Hosta tokudama ‘Flavocircinalis’
Item #1630
Shade Loving
Cyrtomium fortunei
Item #2983
Woodland Garden
Sarcococca ruscifolia
Hosta x ‘Francee’
Item #4169
Shade Loving
Frances Williams Plantain Lily
Hosta sieboldiana ‘Frances Williams’
Item #4223
Shade Loving
Hosta ‘Frosted Jade’
Item #4395
Dramatic Foliage Color
Athyrium ‘Ghost’
Item #1876
Woodland Garden
Heuchera ‘Ginger Ale’ P.P.# 18173
Item #2223
Dramatic Foliage Color
Hosta x ‘Ginko Craig’
Carex dolichostachya ‘Kaga Nishiki’
Item #3593
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Dicentra spectabilis ‘Gold Heart’
Item #3562
Dramatic Foliage Color
Hosta fortunei ‘Gold Standard’
Item #4179
Shade Loving
Dianella tasmanica ‘Yellow Stripe’
Item #1635
Dramatic Foliage Color
Kerria japonica ‘Golden Guinea’
Item #0877
Shade Loving
Hosta x ‘Golden Prayers’
Item #4177
Shade Loving
Hosta x ‘Golden Tiara’
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Granat’
Item #0162
Woodland Garden
NEW PLANT
Great Expectations Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Great Expectations’
Item #1991
Dramatic Foliage Color
Vinca minor ‘Green Carpet’
Item #7606
Cottage Garden Plant
Ilex crenata ‘Green Lustre’
Pachysandra terminalis ‘Green Sheen’
Item #6335
Shade Loving
Hosta x ‘Guacamole’
Item #1752
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Hosta x ‘Hadspen Blue’
Item #3189
Shade Loving
Hosta x tardiana ‘Halcyon’
Item #4187
Shade Loving
Polystichum aculeatum
Item #3646
Woodland Garden
NEW PLANT
Fuchsia ‘Genii’
Item #4986
Summer Flowering
Astilbe simplicifolia ‘Hennie Graafland’
Pulmonaria ‘High Contrast’ P.P.# 12337
Item #4403
Dramatic Foliage Color
Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis
Item #7050
Deer Resistant
Cyrtomium falcatum ‘Rochfordianum’
Hosta x plantaginea ‘Honeybells’
Item #0713
Shade Loving
Chelone lyonii ‘Hot Lips’
Item #2419
Fall Flowering
Hosta x ‘Hottsy Tottsy’
Arachniodes simplicior ‘Variegata’
Item #0086
Woodland Garden
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Walhelivor’ P.P.# 16199
Item #3999
Shade Loving
Thelypteris decursive-pinnata
Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’
Item #3612
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Cephalotaxus harringtonia var. drupacea
Item #3521
Year-round Interest
NEW PLANT
Cephalotaxus harringtonia
Item #3522
Easy Care Plant
Japanese Skimmia (Male)
Skimmia japonica (Male)
Item #7106
Fragrant
NEW PLANT
Polystichum tsus-simense
Item #8373
Woodland Garden
Hosta x ‘Krossa Regal’
Item #4182
Shade Loving
Athyrium filix-femina
Athyrium filix-femina ‘Lady In Red’
Item #1924
Dramatic Foliage Color
Ternstroemia gymnanthera ‘Contherann’ P.P.# 11737
Item #1258
Hedge Plant
Convallaria majalis
Doronicum orientale ‘Little Leo’
Item #3329
Long Bloom Season
Dryopteris celsa
Item #0504
Woodland Garden
Luxuriant Fringed Bleeding Heart
Dicentra x ‘Luxuriant’ P.P.# 3324
Trachelospermum jasminoides ‘Madison’
Item #1273
Fragrant
Polystichum makinoi
Item #3481
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Mardi Gras Bicolor Mix Lenten Rose
Helleborus ‘Mardi Gras Bicolor Mix’
Item #5772
Winter Flowering
NEW PLANT
Mardi Gras Black Shades Lenten Rose
Helleborus ‘Mardi Gras Black Shades’
NEW PLANT
Mardi Gras Red Shades Lenten Rose
Helleborus ‘Mardi Gras Red Shades’
Item #5699
Winter Flowering
NEW PLANT
Mardi GrasYellow Shades Lenten Rose
Helleborus ‘Mardi Gras Yellow Shades’
Item #5773
Winter Flowering
NEW PLANT
Geranium phaeum ‘Margaret Wilson’
Item #4404
Shade Loving
Illicium mexicanum
Item #4611
Fragrant
Hosta x ‘Minuteman’
NEW PLANT
Hydrangea anomala petiolaris ‘Mirranda’
Item #3501
Year-round Interest
NEW PLANT
Alchemilla alpina
Item #4868
Rock Garden Plant
Aucuba japonica ‘Mr. Goldstrike’
Item #0356
Shade Loving
Tiarella x ‘Neon Lights’ P.P.# 13289
Hosta x ‘Night Before Christmas’
Item #4165
Shade Loving
Olive Bailey Langdon Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Olive Bailey Langdon’
Item #2839
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Orange Marmalade Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Orange Marmalade’
Item #3548
Dramatic Foliage Color
Orchid Frost Spotted Dead Nettle
Lamium maculatum ‘Orchid Frost’ P.P.# 11122
Item #0908
Shade Loving
Hosta x ‘Patriot’
Item #4188
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Selaginella uncinata
Item #7702
Groundcover
Athyrium niponicum ‘Pewter Lace’ P.P. # 15721
Aucuba japonica ‘Picturata’
Item #0360
Shade Loving
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Pink Lady’
Item #2344
Shade Loving
Tiarella x ‘Pink Skyrocket’ P.P.# 13382
Tiarella x ‘Pirate’s Patch’ P.P.# 14907
Item #3659
Prolific Flowering
Lamium maculatum ‘Purple Dragon’ P.P.# 15890
Item #2490
Dramatic Foliage Color
Quicksilver Chinese Wild Ginger
Asarum splendens ‘Quicksilver’
Pulmonaria longifolia ‘Raspberry Splash’ P.P.# 12138
Item #1106
Shade Loving
Red Baron Creeping Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens ‘Red Baron’
Item #1761
Groundcover
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Red Lady’
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Red Sentinel’
Item #0168
Woodland Garden
Skimmia reevesiana
Item #7108
Fragrant
NEW PLANT
Regal Red Japanese Painted Fern
Athyrium niponicum ‘Regal Red’
Item #2204
Shade Loving
Hosta x ‘Regal Splendor’
Item #0701
Shade Loving
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Rheinland’
Item #0354
Shade Loving
Robust Male Fern
Dryopteris felix-mas ‘Undulata Robusta’
Item #0506
Shade Loving
Dryopteris felix-mas ‘Robusta’
Item #3626
Shade Loving
Rosy Australian Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum hispidulum
Item #0501
Shade Loving
Royal Heritage™ Strain Lenten Rose
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Royal Heritage Strain’
Item #3998
Shade Loving
Hosta x plantaginea ‘Royal Standard’
Aucuba japonica ‘Rozannie’
Item #0366
Compact Habit
NEW PLANT
Selaginella erythropus ‘Sanguinea’
Item #7703
Dramatic Foliage Color
NEW PLANT
Santa’s Delight® English Holly
Ilex aquifolium ‘Sadezam’
Item #2396
Year-round Interest
Aucuba japonica ‘Serratifolia’
Item #0365
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Zeblid’ P.P.# 5195
Item #4438
Dramatic Foliage Color
Hosta x ‘Serendipity’
NEW PLANT
Disporopsis jinfushanensis ‘Sichuan Jade’
Item #5356
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Pulmonaria ‘Silver Bouquet’ P.P.# 20059
Item #5396
Helleborus argutifolius ‘Silver Lace’
Item #3545
Winter Flowering
Hosta x ‘Sitting Pretty’
Rhododendron x ‘Sneezy’ (H-2)
Item #1019
Spring Flowering
Thelypteris normalis
Item #0511
Groundcover
Cephalotaxus harringtonia ‘Prostrata’
NEW PLANT
Hosta x ‘Stained Glass’
Item #4467
Dramatic Foliage Color
NEW PLANT
Tiarella x ‘Sugar & Spice’ P.P.# 16738
Item #4756
Prolific Flowering
Hosta x ‘Sum & Substance’
Item #8397
Shade Loving
Vinca minor ‘Sunny Skies’ P.P.# 13466
Item #3692
Dramatic Foliage Color
Galium odoratum
Sarcococca confusa
Item #1177
Fragrant
Dianella tasmanica ‘TR20’ P.P# 18737
Item #9829
Easy Care Plant
Polystichum polyblepharum
Pulmonaria ‘Trevi Fountain’ P.P.# 13047
Item #3561
Showy Flowers
Aegopodium podagraria ‘Variegatum’
Item #1837
Groundcover
Vinca minor ‘Variegata’
Dianella tasmanica ‘Variegata’
Item #3134
Shade Loving
Aucuba japonica ‘Variegata’
Item #0375
Shade Loving
Polemonium ‘Brise d’Anjou’ P.P.# 9781
Hosta x ‘Sagae’
Item #4186
Shade Loving
Brunnera macrophylla ‘Variegata’
Item #1365
Groundcover
Polygonatum falcatum ‘Variegatum’
NEW PLANT
Very Berry Creeping Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens ‘Very Berry’
Item #3778
Groundcover
Astilbe chinensis ‘Visions’
Item #0362
Shade Loving
Whirlwind Plantain Lily
Hosta x ‘Whirlwind’
Item #2184
Dramatic Foliage Color
Hosta x ‘Wide Brim’
Item #4185
Shade Loving
NEW PLANT
Pachysandra axillaris ‘Windcliff’
Item #5357
Groundcover
Vinca minor ‘Atropurpurea’
Item #7608
Cottage Garden Plant
Bergenia cordifolia ‘Winterglut’
Illicium parviflorum
Item #0798
Fragrant

William Saxon
Please send catalog of shade perrenials for zone 8
Jim vaughn
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Margaret Holmstrom
Please send catalog of shade plants for zone 8B.