Beautiful Shade Solution Shrubs (all regions)

Beautiful Shade Solution Shrubs (all regions)

Many of you have written to us to detail issues with partial shade. Especially sites with widely varying light during different times of the day. (Shade in the morning followed by full sun in the afternoon, for example). So, we’ve gathered a list of lovely shrubs that can tolerate variable kinds of light. If you need plants for FULL shade, here’s a post with suggestions. 

To give you the best advice, we’ve broken these down by regions. Please use the links below to be redirected to the one that’s right for you. If you have questions, please do ask in the comments below!

NORTHEAST | SOUTHEAST | SOUTH | MIDWEST | SOUTHWEST | PACIFIC NORTHWEST

 

Lead Image: Jacalyn Gould Landscape Architecture, Wellesley, MA

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2018-08-08 08:29:00
Billy
What about the west coast? I live in Palo Alto.
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Drew
While these suggestions are lovely, it seems the majority of them arent able to tolerate full and mostly shade. Are there any other suggestions for those light conditions?
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joanne gerson
How about northern California zone 8 & 9
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Colleen
What is the zone for Arvada, Colorado? (Suburb west of Denver) Would love to find a shade loving shrub!
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Pat Campbell
Removed lower hemlock branches which opened my garden to more light and space. Hemlocks run width of my backyard where I garden. Theyre probably 15-20 feet tall. Want to fill those opened spaces with shrubs to maintain some privacy. Area gets morning sun for about 3 hours. Then total shade until around 5 pm when some sun hits the area from behind the hemlocks for maybe 2 hours. Now that sun is starting to change position, morning sun is getting less. I live in Connecticut. Thank you!
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Shirley Hubbard
Will Camellias do well in Houston, TX?
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Holly
I wish plant companies would not lump the Inland Northwest in with the Pacific northwest. That are big differences between the two climates not the least being the amount of rainfall and winter temperatures.
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Debra
It's a great idea to separate the different regions but unfortunately, none of the tabs would open!
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