Plants for Shade (Moist Soil)

Shade often results in moist soil. Some plants prefer moist soil and shade from the sun. The natural state for many shrubs and herbaceous plants is under taller trees! Planting shade loving/moist soil plants can also help to improve the condition of the soil. Below is a list of plants that are happy in shady conditions with moist soil.

If you are not sure which parts of your garden get sun and which areas don't - try buying some small solar powered lamps! The amount of light given off each evening will indicate which lamps received the most sunlight.

Shadow loving Shrubs

Paeonia lutea var ludlowii (tree paeony)
Pieris Formosa var forrestii ‘wakehurst’
Prunus laurocerasus
Rhododendrons
Skimmia japonica
Viburnum
Daphne laureola. Subsp. Philippi
Leucothoe fontanesiana
Sarcococca humilis
Vinca minor
Mahonia japonica

Dark-corner Climbers

Humulus lupulus ‘Aureus’
Hrdrangea petiolaris
Trachelospermum jasminoides
Hedera colchica ‘Dentata’

Herbaceous plants for shade

Alchemilla mollis
Bergenia
Anemone x hybrida
Euphorbia amygdaloides var.robbiae
Geranium macrorrhizum
Hostas - some
Helleborus orientalis
Polygonatum x hybridum
Primulas – many
Pulmonaria saccharata
Symphytum grandiflorum
Tradescantia fluminensis
Trillium grandiflorum
Digitalis mertonensis
Tiarella cordifolia
Tolmiea Taffs gold

Ferns for shade

Most varieties
Polypodium vulgare
Polystichum setiferum

Bulbs etc

Arum italicum

Corms and Tubers

Galanthus nivalis
Leucojum Aestivum
Narcissus cyclamineus

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