Shade gardening presents a wealth of opportunities. We offer over a hundred perennial varieties that will brighten landscapes in everything from dappled sunlight to deep shade. Our shade-loving selection includes foliar favorites like ferns, ornamental grasses and hostas as well as dozens of beautiful bloomers that will add color to even the shadiest corner.

The availability of specific perennial varieties is dependent entirely upon the quantities
and varieties that our growers have available. Weather, crop failures and other circumstances
beyond our control may also affect availability.

Adiantum -- see Ferns

Ajuga (Bugleweed) 3
x Chocolate Chip
pyramidalis (Upright Bugleweed) 3
Metallica-Crispa
reptans (Common Bugleweed)  3/4
Bronze Beauty
Burgundy Glow
Caitlin's Giant
Rubra
Variegata

Alchemilla (Lady's Mantle)
erythropoda (Red-Stemmed Lady's Mantle) 3
faeroensis (Drawf Lady's Mantle) 3
var. pumila
mollis  3/4
Thriller
saxatilis 3

Aquilegia (Columbine)
x Beidermeier 4
caerulea (Rocky Mountain Columbine) 3
Crimson Star
canadensis (Canadian Columbine) 3
Corbett
chrysantha (Golden Columbine) 4
Yellow Queen
Dragonfly Hybrids 3
flabellata (Fan Columbine)  3/4
Cameo
Ministar
McKana Hybrids 4
Origami Hybrids 3
Songbird Series  3/4
Bluebird
Cardinal
Dove
Goldfinch
Robin
vulgaris (Granny's Bonnet) 3
Nora Barlow
plena Ruby Port
William Guiness
Winky Rose
Woodside Gold

Arisaema (Jack-in-the-Pulpit)
triphyllum 4

Aruncus (Goat's Beard)
aethusifolius (dwarf) 3
dioicus 3

Asarum (Ginger)
canadensis (Canadian Ginger)  3/4
europaeum (European Wild Ginger) 4

Astilbe (False Spirea / Plume Flower)
x arendsii (Hybrid Astilbe) 4
Amethyst
Bressingham Beauty
Bridal Veil ('Brautschlier')
Cattleya
Deutchland
Elizabeth Bloom
Erica
Fanal
Fire ('Feuer')
Glow ('Glut')
Irrlicht
Mainz
Montgomery
Ostrich Plume ('Straussenfeder')
Radius
Red Sentinel
Rheinland
Sister Theresa
Snowdrift
Spinnell
White Gloria ('Weisse Gloria')
chinensis (Chinese Astilbe) 4
Finale
Intermezzo
Pumila
Purple Candles
Superba (syn. var. taquetii )
Veronica Klose
Visions
Visions in Pink
Visions in Red
x crispa 3
Perkeo
glaberrima 4
var. saxatilis
rosea (Rose Astilbe) 4
Peach Blossom
simplicifolia (Star Astilbe) 4
Bronze Elegance
Hennie Graafland
Inshriach Pink
Sprite

Astrantia (Masterwort)
major (Great Masterwort) 5
Buckland
Rubra
Ruby Cloud
Ruby Wedding

Athyrium - see Ferns

Bergenia (Saxifrage/Pigsqueak)
x Bressingham Ruby  3/4
x Bressingham White  3/4
cordifolia (Heartleaf Bergenia) 4
crassifolia (Leather Bergenia) 4
purpurescens (Chinese Bergenia)  3/4
Britten

Brunnera (Siberian Bugloss)
macrophylla (Heartleaf Brunnera)   3/4
Jack Frost
Variegata

Carex - see Grass

Chelone (Turtlehead)
lyonii (Pink Turtlehead) 3
Hot Lips
obliqua (Rose Turtlehead)  4/5
Alba

Chrysognum (Goldenstar)
virginianum (Green and Gold) 5

Cimicifuga (Bugbane / Snakeroot)
racemosa (Snakeroot / Cohosh) 3
ramosa (Branched Bugbane) 3
Atropurpurea
Brunette
simplex (Kamchatka Bugbane) 3
Hillside Black Beauty
White Pearl

Convallaria (Lily-of-the-Valley)
majalis 3

Cornus (Dogwood)
canadensis (Bunchberry)  3/4

Corydalis (Corydalis)
elata (Blue False Bleeding Heart) 5
lutea (Yellow Corydalis) 5

Dennstaedtia - See Ferns

Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)
eximia (Fringed Bleeding Heart) 3
Bacchanal
Snowdrift
Stuart Boothman
Zestful
formosa (Pacific Bleeding Heart) 3
Aurora
Luxuriant
x King of Hearts 3
spectabilis (Common Bleeding Heart) 3
Alba
Old Fashioned

Disporum (Fairy Bells)
flavens (Asian Fairy Bells) 4

Dryopteris - see Ferns

Epimedium (Barrenwort)
alpinum (Alpine Barrenwort) 4
x perralchicum (Yellow Barrenwort) 4
Frohnleiten
x rubrum (Red Barrenwort) 4
x versicolor (Bicolor Barrenwort) 4
Suplhureum
x youngianum (Young's Barrenwort)  4/5
Niveum
Roseum

Euonymus
fortunei colorata (Purple-leaf Wintercreeper) 4

Ferns

Adiantum (Maidenhair Fern) 3
pedatum
Miss Sharples

Athyrium (Lady Fern)  3/4
Branford Beauty
Branford Rambler
felix-femina (Lady Fern)
Cristata
Lady in Red
Victoriae
nipponicum (Japanese Painted Fern)
Burgundy Lace
Pictum
otophorum (Painted Fern) 5
x Ghost 5

Dennstaedtia (Hay Scented Fern) 3
punctiloba

Dryopteris (Wood Fern) 3
felix-mas (Male Fern)
Barnesii
Grandiceps
Robusta
marginalis (Marginal Shield Fern)

Matteuccia (Ostrich Fern) 3
struthiopteris var. pennsylvanica

Osmunda (Flowering Fern) 3
cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern)
claytonia (Interrupted Fern)
regalis (Royal Fern) 4

Onoclea (Sensitive Fern) 3
sensibilis

Polystichum (Holly Fern)
acrostichoides (Christmas Fern) 4
braunii (Braun's Holly Fern)  3/4

Galium (Sweet Woodruff)
odoratum (Sweet Woodruff) 4

Gillenia (Ipecac / Physic)
trifoliata (Bowman's Root) 4

Grass

Carex (Sedge)
conica (Birdfoot Sedge) 5
Snowline
morrowii (Japanese Sedge) 5
Evergold
Ice Dance
Old Gold
Silver Sceptre
Variegata
siderostica (Broad-Leaved Sedge) 5
Variegata

Hedera (Ivy)
helix (Hardy Ivy)  4/5
Thorndale
Tomboy

Helleborus (Hellebore)
niger (Christmas Rose) 4
orientalis (Lenten Rose) 4
x Royal Heritage

Heucherella (Foamy Bells)
alba (White Foamy Bells) 3
Quicksilver
Rosalie
Snowhite
x Bridget Bloom  3/4
x Chocolate Lace 3
x Silver Streak 4

Hosta (Plantain)
fortunei (Fortune's Hosta) 3
Albo picta
Albomarginata
Aoki
Aureomarginata
Gold Standard
hybrida (Most hybrid hostas are hardy to Zone 3)
Abiqua Drinking Gourd
Allen P. McConnell
Amber Tiara
Antioch
Aqua Velva
Aspen Gold
August Moon
Big Mama
Blue Angel
Blue Cadet
Blue Lady
Blue Mammoth
Blue Moon
Blue Umbrella
Blue Wedgewood
Bottom Line
Brave Amherst
Bressingham Blue
Camelot
Candy Hearts
Celebration
Christmas Tree
Color Glory
Dark Star
Dick Ward
Emerald Tiara
Fire and Ice
Fragrant Bouquet
Francee
Gay Blade
Ginko Craig
Gold Regal
Gold Standard
Golden Tiara
Great Expectations
Green Gold
Ground Master
Guacamole
Halcyon
Hyacinthina
Ice Cream
Inniswood
June
Krossa Regal
Koriyama
Lady Isobel Barnett
Love Pat
Loyalist
Mama Mia
Maraschino Cherry
Minuteman
Moonlight Sonata
Night Before Christmas
Northern Exposure
Olive Bailey Langdon
Paradigm
Patriot
Paul's Glory
Queen Josephine
Radiant Edger
Raspberry Sorbet
Regal Splendor
Royal Standard
Sagae
Sea Lotus Leaf
Sea Thunder
Second Wind
So Sweet
Striptease
Sum and Substance
Summer Fragrance
Tambourine
Temple Bells
Thunderbolt
Titanic
Tokudama Flavo-circinalis
Torchlight
Warwick Courtsey
Warwick Edge
Whirlwind
Wide Brim
Zager's White Edge
obscura albomarginata lancifolia (Lance-Leaf Hosta) 3
longissima (Narrow-Leaved Hosta) 3
montana Aureomarginata 3
plantaginea 3
sieboldiana (Siebold Hosta) 3
Elegans
Frances Williams
sieboldii (Seersucker Hosta) 3
undulata (Wavy Hosta) 3
Albo-marginata
Variegata
ventricosa (Blue Hosta) 3
Aureomarginata
venusta (Dwarf Hosta) 3

Houttuynia (Chameleon Plant)
cordata 3
Chameleon

Lamiastrum - see Lamium galeobdolon

Lamium (Dead Nettle)
galeobdolon (Yellow Archangel) 4
Herman's Pride
Silver Spangles
maculatum (Spotted Nettle) 3
Anne Greenaway
Beacon Silver
Chequers
Orchid Frost
Pink Pewter
Purple Dragon
Red Nancy
Shell Pink
White Nancy

Ligularia (Ragwort)
dentata (Bigleaf Ligularia) 4
Desdemona
Othello
stenocephala (Narrow-Spiked Ligularia) 4
The Rocket

Matteuccia - see Ferns

Mertensia (Bluebells)
virginica (Virginia Bluebells) 3

Osmunda - see Ferns

Pachysandra (Spurge)
terminalis (Japanese Spurge) 4

Phlox (Phlox)
stolonifera (Creeping Phlox)  2/3
Blue Ridge
Bruce's White
Home Fires
Pink Ridge
Sherwood Purple

Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder)
boreale (Arctic Polemonium) 3
Heavenly Habit
caeruleum (Jacob's Ladder) 3
Album
Bressingham Purple
Brise d'Anjou  3/4
Snow and Sapphires
reptans (Creeping Polemonium) 3
Blue Pearl

Polygonatum (Solomon's Seal)
commutatum (Great Solomon's Seal) 3
humile (Dwarf Solomon's Seal) 3
odoratum (Fragrant Solomon's Seal) 3
Variegatum

Polystichum - see Ferns

Primula (Primrose)
auricula (Auricula Primrose) 3
denticulata (Drumstick Primrose) 4
Alba
Cashmeriana
Rubins
Ronsdorf Strain
japonica (Japanese Primrose)  4/5
juliae (Julia Primrose)  4/5
Jay Jay
x polyantha (Pacific Giants Primrose)  3/4
sieboldii (Siebold Primrose) 4
veris (Cowslip Primrose) 4
Sunset Shades

Pulmonaria (Lungwort)
angustifolia (Blue Lungwort)  2/3
Azurea
longifolia (Long-Leafed Lungwort) 3
Bertram Anderson
Cevennensis
Majeste
Roy Davidson
saccharata (Bethlehem Sage) 3
Blue Ensign
Excalibur
Mrs. Moon
Silverado

Sanguinaria (Bloodroot)
canadensis (Bloodroot) 3
Multiplex

Smilacina (False Solomon's Seal)
racemosa (False Solomon's Seal) 3

Tiarella (Foamflower)
cordifolia (Allegheny Foamflower)  3/4
Brandywine
Dark Star
Elizabeth Oliver
Pink Bouquet
Pink Pearls
Rambling Silhouette
Running Tapestry
Tiger Stripe
x Pink Brushes  3/4

Tradescantia (Spiderwort)
virginiana 4
x Concord Grape
x In the Navy
x Red Cloud
x Snowcap
x Zwanenburg Blue

Tricyrtis (Toad Lily)
hirta (Common Toad Lily) 4
Miyazaki
Tojen
Variegata
White Towers
x Shirohotogisu 4

Trillium (Trillium)
grandiflorum (Great White Trillium) 4
Flore-pleno
sessile (Toad Trillium) 4

Uvularia (Merrybells / Bellwort)
grandiflora (Large-Flowered Bellwort) 3

Vinca (Myrtle / Periwinkle)
minor (Common Periwinkle) 4
Alba
Bowles Variety (var. bowlesii )

Viola (Violet)
canadensis (Canada Violet) 3
cornuta (Tufted Violet) 3
Blue Elf [syn. Prince Henry]
cucullata (Marsh Violet) 3
Purple Showers
White Czar
labradorica (Labrador Violet) 3
var. purpurea
odorata (Sweet Violet)  4/5
striata (Cream Violet) 3
Etain