What is a good shade loving plant?

Question

I need a shade lover that will grow in the presence of alot of trees

Answer 1

You don't say where you live.  Summer heat and winter cold varies widely throughout the country.  Not only that but tree roots are a lot of competition for understory plants.

Here are some that do well in shady spots here in Michigan.

On-the-dry-side-shade:

Hostas

Sweet Woodruff  - Galium

English Ivy - Hedera helix

Periwinkle  - Vinca minor

Pachysandra

Variegated False Solomon's Seal - Polygonatum

Epimedium

Medium-moisture shade:

Bugbane -Actaea (Cimicifuga)  

Goat's Beard  - Aruncus

Foam-flower  - Tiarella

Coral-bells  - Heuchera

Lady's Mantle - Alchemilla

Bleeding Heart - Dicentra

Siberian Bugloss - Brunnera

Damp shade:

Astilbes

Ligularia

Rodgersia

Ferns - many kinds

There's a ton of them....

Answer 2

Witch hazel.  This is a unique plant.  It flowers in march and turns a nice color in fall.  There are orange, red and yellow varieties.

Answer 3

I asked the same question a week ago and researched it. I found the best plant. Impatience. It's in the shape of a bush, but is filled with flowers. It loves shade but needs moist dirt. It comes in several colors like Salmon, Lilac, Whit, Red, Pink, and more! They're popular in Florida because of the heat. They are perennials. They also can grow around any other plant, and they enjoy mulch, not so much pine straw. Hope it looks good!!

Answer 4

impatience, lily of the valley, ferns, snow on the mountain, hosta, st. hermans archangel, ornamental grass

Answer 5

it really depends on where your at but maybe a pigmy palm or a fern of somekind

Answer 6

I use the anise plant on the north side of the house which has a lot of shade.

Answer 7

You could investigate using ferns or possibly hostas. Good Luck

Answer 8

Daphne

Answer 9

peony, bleeding heart, monkshood, sweet pea. (Bleeding Hearts are pretty easy to grow and look really nice in a rock garden.)

Answer 10

Lily of the Valley, Hostas, Pansies

Answer 11

you could use mahonias,astilbes,cast iron,fatsia split leaf philodendron and all types of gingers.