Easy Plants that Grow in Deep Shade
This list was from Hubert Ling's webinar "Super Native Plants For Deep Shade And Dark Recesses" Plants in deep shade will not grow as fast or large as if grown under ideal conditions.
Ferns
Scientific Name | Common Name | More |
Adiantum pedatum | Fern, Northern Maidenhair | photos |
Athyrium filix-femina | Fern, Lady Common | |
Dryopteris goldiana | Fern, Goldie's Wood | |
Dryopteris marginalis | Fern, Marginal Wood | |
Dryopteris sp. | Fern, Wood | |
Gymnocarpium dryopteris | Fern, Oak | |
Matteuccia struthiopteris | Fern, Ostrich | |
Onoclea sensibilis | Fern, Sensitive | |
Osmunda cinnamomea | Fern, Cinnamon | |
Osmunda claytoniana | Fern, Interrupted | |
Osmunda regalis | Fern, Royal | |
Phegopteris hexagonoptera | Fern, Broad Beech | |
Polystichum acrostichoides | Fern, Christmas | |
Thelypteris noveboracensis | Fern, New York | |
Woodwardia areolata | Fern, Netted Chain |
Herbaceous
Scientific Name | Common Name | Blooming Time | More |
Allium tricoccum | Leeks, Wild | summer | |
Aralia nudicaulis | Sarsaparilla, Wild | spring | |
Aralia racemosa | Spikenard, American | summer | |
Arisaema dracontium | Green Dragon | spring | |
Arisaema triphyllum | Jack-In-the-Pulpit | spring | |
Asarum canadense | Ginger, Wild | spring | |
Cardamine concatenata | Toothwort, Cutleaf | spring | photos |
Claytonia virginica | Spring Beauty, Virginia | spring | photos |
Clethra alnifolia | Sweet Pepper Bush | summer | |
Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchman's Breeches | spring | photos |
Erythronium americanum | Lily, Trout | spring | photos |
Euonymus americanus | Strawberry Bush | late spring - early summer | photos |
Eurybia divaricata | Aster, White Wood | fall | |
Geranium robertianum | Geranium, Herb-Robert | spring | |
Hypoxis hirsuta | Star Grass, Yellow | spring | |
Itea virginica | Virginia Sweetspire | late spring - early summer | |
Jeffersonia diphylla | Twinleaf | spring | |
Maianthemum canadense | Wild Lily-Of-The-Valley | spring | photos |
Maianthemum racemosum | Soloman's-Seal, False | spring | |
Mitchella repens | Partridgeberry | late spring - early summer | photos/info |
Mitella diphylla | Miterwort | spring | photos |
Oxalis violacea | Wood Sorrel, Violet | summer | photos |
Podophyllum peltatum | May-Apple | spring | photos |
Polemonium reptans | Greek Valerian | spring | photos |
Polygonatum canaliculatum | Solomon'S Seal, Smooth | spring | photos |
Polygonatum pubescens | Solomon's-Seal, Hairy | spring | |
Rhododendron viscosum | Azalea, Swamp | spring | |
Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot | spring | photos |
Sanguinaria canadensis f. Multiplex | Bloodroot, Double | spring | photos |
Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Aster, Common Blue Wood | fall | |
Thalictrum dioicum | Meadow-Rue, Early | spring | photos |
Thalictrum pubescens | Meadow-Rue, Tall | summer | article |
Thalictrum thalictroides | Rue Anemone | spring | photos |
Tiarella cordifolia | Foam Flower | spring | photos |
Trillium grandiflorum | Trillium, White | spring | photos |
Uvularia perfoliata | Bellwort, Perfoliate | spring | photos |
Uvularia sessilifolia | Bellwort, Sessile (Wild Oats) | spring | photos |
Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's Root | summer | photos |
Viola pubescens | Violet, Downy Yellow | spring | |
Viola striata | Violet, Striped Cream | late spring - early summer |
Woody Plants
Scientific Name | Common Name | Type | Blooming Time | More |
Hydrangea arborescens | Wild Hydrangea | shrub | summer | |
Lindera benzoin | Spicebush | shrub | spring | photos/info |
Acer pensylvanicum | Maple, Moosewood | shrub/small tree | spring | |
Acer spicatum | Maple, Mountain | shrub/small tree | spring | |
Cornus amomum | Dogwood, Silky | shrub/small tree | summer | photos/info |
Cornus racemosa | Dogwood, Gray | shrub/small tree | summer | photos/info |
Carpinus caroliniana | Beech, Blue | tree | spring | |
Hamamelis virginiana | Witch Hazel | shrub/small tree | fall | photos |
Liriodendron tupipifera | Tulip Tree | tree | spring | photos |
Quercus velutina | Oak, Black | tree | spring |