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Full shade/deep shade (3 hours or less)
Rhododendrons tend to flower less and get leggy in too much shade, it prefers 4-6 hours of sunlight/ filtered sun. 1. “Nova Zembla” is known for its shade tolerance and makes a great dark shade option.
2. Canadian Hemlock is highly adaptable and does well in full shade. Weeping Canadian Hemlock and “Gentsch White“ are excellent varieties!
3. Japanese Plum Yews (Chephalotaxus) are highly adaptable and do well!
4. Japanese Holly does well in dark shade, “Mariesii” is an excellent choice.
5. Boxwood varieties are highly adaptable and do well.
6. Illicium “Ruby Red” handles dark shade well.
7. Fatsia and
8. Aucuba varieties do well.
9. Mahonia (might get a little leggy).
10. Skimmia and 11. Sarococca 12. Japanese Sedge (Carex)
Lots of flowering perennials do well:
Astilbe, Bleeding Heart, Hellebores, Toad Lily, Lungwort, Ferns, Hosta, Bugbane (Actea), Japanese forest grass (Hakonechloa), Brunnera, and the list goes on!
light shade/part shade (4-6 hours of morning sun or filtered sun)
How lucky are you!! Almost anything can thrive in these light conditions even the dark shade plants we just listed!
Rhododendrons & Azaleas
Cryptomeria Japonica
Camelia
Bamboo
Hemlock
Japanese Maples
Hydrangeas
Hinoki Cyptress
Heuchera…
just to name a few!
Hosta varieties (varieties change from week to week)
Hosta varieties (varieties change from week to week)
Hostas are excellent for shade, especail deep shade, blue/green tyoes thrive with minimal sun.
Yellow/Gold/white varieties need more light for colour (Morning sun is ideal)
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Aucuba “Gold Dust”
Sweet Box/Sarcococca ruscifolia
Fatsia “Spiders Web”
A real gem for a shade garden! Sprinkled with golden, fairy dust! EVERGREEN and DEER RESISTANT. Drought tolerant. Can be used as a hedge or dense screen. Prune in spring.
Fatsia “Spiders Web”
Sweet Box/Sarcococca ruscifolia
Fatsia “Spiders Web”
Prized for its lush foliage of broad, palmate, dark-green leaves heavily speckled with white. Variegation changes with seasons and as the plant ages. Flowers in fall! Not loved by deer, EVERGREEN.
Sweet Box/Sarcococca ruscifolia
Sweet Box/Sarcococca ruscifolia
SWEETLY scented! Winter-flowering!
EVERGREEN!
DEER RESISTANT!
Excellent sorce of nectar for hummingbirds in the winter.
Actaea/Bugbane
FRAGRANT, good cut flowers, DEER RESISTANT. Natural ability to repel insects! Full shade to part shade. Perennial.
Skimmia Japonica Rubinetta
Reliable shrub for WINTER COLOUR. DROUGHT RESISTANT. Aromatic leaves. and fragrant flowers. Excellent source of nectar for hummingbirds in the winter. DEER RESISTANT. EVERGREEN.
Japanese Forest Grass
Beautiful perennial grass. Thrives in shade! Requires well drained soil. Brilliant for container growing. DEER RESISTANT.
Non-invasive.
Shade
Astilbes
Adding vibrant colour to a shady garden.
Heuchera/Coral Bells (Light Shade)
Comes in almost every colour! Requires well drained soil, easy to grow and easy care! Also does great in containers. Flowers ❤️ by hummingbirds.
Chephalotaxus harringtonia “Gold Splash”
Grows 2’ tall x4’ wide. Stunning colour in a part shade/ filtered shade/ light shade bed. Colour wil turn more green than yellow in a deep shade environment. Drought and deer tolerant once established,
Epimedium/BarrEnwort
Perennial (semi-evergreen) groundcover.
Attractive spring and fall colour in leaves. Delicate whimsical fairy flowers!
Deer and rabbit resistant! Tolerate just about any conditions! USEFUL PLANTS FOR DRY SHADE!
Illicium “Woodland Ruby”
Cryptomeria japonica Knaptonensis (miniature)
EVERGREEN! Anise scented leaves, large vibrant purple-red to rose-pink flowers from spring to fall! (Free flowering).
DEER RESISTANT.
Cryptomeria japonica Knaptonensis (miniature)
Cryptomeria japonica Knaptonensis (miniature)
A miniature, globular with variegated foliage. New growth is completely white! Stunning colour in a light shaded or afternoon shaded bed. STUNNING little conifer!
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Chephalotaxus harringtonia “Prostata”
Most Chepahlotaxus (Japanese Plum Yew) produce the best foliage in afternoon shade/ filtered shade
or light shade. They can even tolerate heavy shade! Deer resistant. This variety grows approximately 10’ tall x 5’ wide.
Golden /lime Hinoki Varieties
THE WORLD OF FERNS!
Adiantum pedatum (NORTHERN maidenhair fern)
Adiantum venustum (Himalayan Maidenhair Fern)
Adiantum venustum (Himalayan Maidenhair Fern)
Decideous, clump forming fern. Grows 2’ tall & wide. Shade to heavy shade. Hardy & deer resistant.
Adiantum venustum (Himalayan Maidenhair Fern)
Adiantum venustum (Himalayan Maidenhair Fern)
Adiantum venustum (Himalayan Maidenhair Fern)
Evergreen with salmon flush new fonds! Grows 6-8” tall, 1-3’ wide. Bright or deep shade Spread to form a dense mat, ideal for covering slopes, underplanting and filling shady areas. Excellent choice, hardy, deer resistant.
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Adiantum x mairisii (Mairis’s maidenhair fern)
Adiantum x mairisii (Mairis’s maidenhair fern)
Forms a tidy clump. Deciduous. Grows 1.5 tall and up to 3’ wide. Shade or dark shade. Hardy & deer resistant.
athyrium filix-femina (Lady-Fern)
Adiantum x mairisii (Mairis’s maidenhair fern)
A vigorous, deciduous native fern, grows 2-3’ tall.
Habitat: wet soils. Forest, streambanks, under trees.
Athyrium niponicum “Crested Surf” (Japanese Painted Fern)
Deciduous fern with double-crested fronds, growing 22’ tall and 2.6” wide. Dark shade or partial shade, perfect for woodland gardens or containers.
athyrium niponicum “Regal Red” (The painted Lady Fern)
Outstanding addition to cut flower arrangements, providing lasting colour and texture, Grows 18” tall x 2’wide, light to dark shade. Perfect for woodlands gardens gardens, shaded borders or containers.
Athyrium “Ghost” (Lady Fern)
Noted for its strong vase shape with distinctly, ghostly silvery gray, upright fronds. Grows 2.5’ tall. For best colour plant it in light shade. Excellent for adding texture and contrast in shady beds!
Dicksonia antarctica (Soft tree fern/Tasmanian Tree Fern)
Plant in a sheltered spot (against a wall with some overhead canopy is ideal). Keep the top (where new fronds emerge) dry and insulate with leaves, straw, fleece, waterproof layer, to prevent freezing moisture (or move into the garage/cold frame.
Generally hardy to -7C for short periods.
Grows up to 10-15’ tall! Trunk develops slowly (1-2” in height per year)
Ideally from cold hardly Zone 8b and up.
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Dryopteris Cristata the King (King of British Ferns)
Large, majestic, semi-evergreen. Forms an impressive, upright, vase-shape clump of long, arching fronds. Grows 3-4’’ tall x wide. Shade to full shade Considered one of the largest crested ferns!
Matteuccia the king/ The king ostrich fern
Fronds can reach 6-7’ tall, making this a dramatic choice for moist woodland gardens, mass planting, and naturalizing, providing texture and edible fiddleheads.
Larger, hardier and more heat tolerant than the common Ostrich fern!
Spreads via underground rhizomes to form colonies, providing excellent ground cover.
Dryopteris filix-mas “Crispa Cristada”
Clump forming, bright green, semi-evergreen fern. Grows 3’ tall x 2’ wide, with crested, ruffled edges and curly tips! Clump forming.
Dryopteris wallichiana Jurassic Gold (Wood Fern)
(People Choice Award Winner, 2020, Farwest Show)
Quite unique! New fronds emerges upright, with a bright golden-orange colour! Maturing to a glossy green. Deciduous, easy to grow! 24” tall and wide.
Polystichum munitum (Western sword fern)
Needs no introduction, native fern. Robust & evergreen. Grows 3-5’ tall, 2-4’ wide.
Blechnum spicant (Deer Fern)
Evergreen native fern with unique fronds, low maintenance, grows 18-24” tall and wide, clumping. Yes it is deer resistant.
Dryopteris erythrosora (Autumn Fern)
Athyrium Filix-femina “Victoriae” (Lady Fern)
Athyrium Filix-femina “Victoriae” (Lady Fern)
Deciduous clumping fern with incredible colour. Grows 18-24” tall, new fronds are a stunning, gold-orange colour (turning green).
Athyrium Filix-femina “Victoriae” (Lady Fern)
Athyrium Filix-femina “Victoriae” (Lady Fern)
Athyrium Filix-femina “Victoriae” (Lady Fern)
A distinctive fern with lacy, finely divided fronds that have unique crisscrossing leaflets and crested tips! A very old cultivar. Deciduous, clumping and grows approximately 24” tall and wide.