Perennial Flowering Plants For Shade

Foliage will usually retain some color in cold winter climates such as the St. Louis area. Heucherella Brass Lantern combines the best traits of Heuchera and Tiarella. Tiny, star-shaped, tawny-beige flowers borne in open, airy panicles appear in late...

Hosta Sum and Substance performs best outdoors in a perennial garden when planted in part to full shade. This Hosta is a large, outstanding perennial with a big personality and brightly colored foliage.

Gorgeous in mass plantings but will not tolerate long periods of drought. The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep. As mentioned earlier Astilbe does not like to dry out during drought so make sure to...

Hosta Patriot boasts strong white margin on dark green heart-shaped leaves. Looks good all season. Green leaves edged in white and contrast to the shade garden! Patriot does best in rich, moist, organic soils in light, sun-dappled shade.

Sweet Kate has brilliant gold foliage that will brighten any shady spot. Few plants shine as brightly as Sweet Kate does in the shade garden. Use this native shade lover in open woodland gardens or along streams or ponds.

So named due to its copper color when young, the semi-evergreen Autumn Fern matures to a lovely dark green. Triangular, bi-pinnate fronds grow to as much as 2′ long. Autumn Brilliance fern is noted for its particularly attractive spring frond color...

Useful in rock gardens, borders and open woodland gardens. Mass as in a group as a ground cover . Heuchera Citronelle is a vigorous, clump-forming, compact coral bells cultivar. Does well in containers.

This heuchera shade perennial is a robust grower with fuzzy leaves that range in color from apricot to amber with purple-red undersides. This shade perennial is a great addition to your yard or landscape.

Divide clumps in spring every 3-4 years. Heuchera Palace Purple Coral Bells has it all—beautiful showy white flowers on wiry purple stems at 18–24″, and purple-bronze broad leaves with a pink underside.

Flowers bloom in a large variety of colors, including various shades and tints of white, pink, red, purple, and yellow, and sometimes have inside spotting. They are noted for producing single, cup-shaped flowers (typically 2-3” diameter) with five showy,...

They are noted for producing single, cup-shaped flowers (typically 2-3” diameter) with five showy, usually overlapping petals (technically sepals), but sometimes come in a double flowered form.

Hellebore Pine Knot Series is a selection of unbloomed seedlings in mixed colors of the best single and semi-double hybrid hellebores which have been developed by Judith and Dick Tyler of Pine Knot Farms in Clarksville, Virginia.

Palmate, serrate, leathery, 8-16″ wide, glossy, basal, dark green leaves (7-9 leaflets) are evergreen in warm climates but deciduous in extremely cold winters. Leaves, stems and roots are poisonous.

* An easily grown plant, so long as the soil does not dry out. * An herbaceous perennial with lemon yellow flowers to 2", May to August; much planted in gardens, where it likes rich moist soil in sun or part shade; native to Europe, where it grows in...

* An easily grown plant, so long as the soil does not dry out. * An herbaceous perennial with lemon yellow flowers to 2", May to August; much planted in gardens, where it likes rich moist soil in sun or part shade; native to Europe, where it grows in...

Whorls of hooded, large true purple flowers stand out against silver foliage edged in green. Makes a great ground cover for shade. Plant patented. Purple Dragon forms a spreading patch of small silver leaves with a green edge.

Remove stems of faded flowers to encourage additional bloom. Heuchera Obsidian is a clump-forming, coral bells hybrid that is noted for its dark purple to almost black leaves that remain dark throughout the growing season.

A 2 to 3 inch layer of mulch is sufficient but remember to take care not to cover any part of the stem of the plant with mulch. After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give your Dwarf Mondo Grass a good deep...

(row or file) in reference to the rows of sori located along the midveins of the pinnules. Originally introduced to North America as a houseplant by experimentally-inclined horticulturists, they were delighted to discover that it is perfectly hardy in...

One of the oldest perennials in cultivation, Bleeding Hearts produce graceful arches of heart-shaped flowers that “bleed” white. It prefers no direct sun—a delight for shade gardeners—and blooms happily in April and May.

Is a genus of 20 or more species of annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants which are native to moist woodland areas in Asia and North America. Are commonly called bleeding heart because protruding inner petals, more obvious in some species than...

It forms a low mound of bright green leaves, bearing upright stems of small white daisies, held on dark stems stems. We suggest when planting your newly purchased Aster Divaricatus plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper.

Starter fertilizer is the best product to use at the time of planting. After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Heuchera Fire Alarm a good deep watering.

* Upright stems topped by 1/2-1" flowers in a branched flower head, white, green, or yellowish; grows in wet, grassy subalpine meadows and open woods; flowers in June or July; attractive pleated leaves, to 1' long, 6" wide; native from northern Europe...

* Upright stems topped by 1/2-1" flowers in a branched flower head, white, green, or yellowish; grows in wet, grassy subalpine meadows and open woods; flowers in June or July; attractive pleated leaves, to 1' long, 6" wide; native from northern Europe...

Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked. Remove any brown stems and leaves to give your plant a healthier and more attractive appearance.

* The whole plant, but especially the root, is analgesic, antirheumatic, galactogogue and rubefacient.The plant was often used medicinally by North American Indian tribes, though modern users should be aware of the plants potential toxicity.