Back to Info Sheets	Plants for Shady Places        Many gardens have shady places or are totally shaded by large trees and buildings.  There are many degrees of shade from dappled under birch trees to deep shade under maples or from buildings.  There are plants adapted to grow in shady locations  such as deep under a forest canopy.  Often these plants will need rich, moist soil, such as what they would have under the trees in the forest.  Get to know your sites and check tags for shade / sun requirements.    Try some of these plants for your shade locations.   COMMON:                                LATIN NAME: Ferns PERENNIALS: monkshood                       Acontium sp. goutweed                         Aegopoidium variegatum bugleflower                       Ajuga lady's mantle                     Alchemilla mollis goatsbeard                       Aruncus sp gingers                            Asarum astilbe                          Astilbe sp. Bergenia                          Bergenia brunnera                           Brunnera lily of valley                      Convalleria bleeding heart                     Dicentra barrenworts                       Epimedium hellebores                          Helleborus coralbells                          Heuchera sweet rocket                     Hesperis hosta                              Hosta sp. lamium                               Lamium ligularia                              Ligularia bluebells                            Mertensia forget me not                     Myosotis japanese spurge                     Pachysandra woodland phlox                   Phlox divaricata sp. Phlox                            Phlox stolonifera  solomons seal                   Polygonatum primula                             Primula sp. Lungwort                          Pulmonaria foamflower                        Tiarella trillium                               Trillium trollius                               Trollius periwinkle                          Vinca Ivy Ferns   SHRUBS: false astilbe                       Sorbaria sorbifolia japanese maple                   Acer palmatum dogwood                                Cornus sp. kerria                               Kerria Japonica false cypress                        Chamaecyparis sp.   Look for many of these plants in our Lath Yard.  Turn left behind the store.   Euonymus Euonymus sp. Holly                  Ilex species Privet                  Ligusdrum species Honeysuckle           Loniceria Oregon Grape         Mahonia sp. Pieris                   Pieris sp. Yew                      Taxus Viburnum      Vol 99 no 16
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