Plants that Tolerate Dense Shade

Trees

Hedge Maple—Acer campestre

Serviceberry—Amelanchier sp.

Eastern Redbud—Cercis canadensis

Fringe Tree—Chionanthus virginicus

Kousa Dogwood—Cornus kousa and cvs.

Magnolia—Magnolia virginiana

Perennials, Ground Covers & Vines

Monkshood—Aconitum sp.

Snow on the Mountain—Aegopodium

Bugle—Ajuga sp.

Anemone or Pasque Fl.  - Anemone sp.

Columbine—Aquilegia sp.

Jack-in-the-Pulpit—Arisaema sp.

Canadian Wild Ginger—Asarum canadense

Astilbe—Astilbe sp.

Saxifraga—Bergenia cordifolia 

American Bittersweet—Celastrus scandens

Black Snakeroot or Bugbane—Cimicifuga sp.

Lily of the Valley—Convallaria majalis

Bleeding Heart—Dicentra sp.

Barrenwort—Epimedium alpinum

Wintercreeper—Euonymus fortunei

Ferns—genus vary

Ivy—Hedera helix

Christmas or Lenton Rose—Helleborus sp.

Hosta—Hosta sp.

Chameleon  - Houttuynia cordata ’Chameleon’

Climbing Hydrangea—Hydrangea anomala

Lamium—Lamium maculatum

Loosestrife—Lythrum sp.

Beebalm—Monarda didyma

Japanese Spurge—Pachysandra terminalis

Lungwort—Pulmonaria sp.

Perennials, (etc.) Con’t.

Rodgers Flower—Rodgersia sp.

Snowberry or Coralberry—Symphoricarpos

Toad Lily—Tricyrtis hirta

Trillium—Trillium sp.

Myrtle—Vinca minor                                        

Shrubs

Aronia—Aronia

Barberry—Berberis

Pepperbush—Clethra alnifolia

Gray Dogwood—Cornus racemosa

Shrub Dogwood—Cornus sericea

Witchhazel—Hamamelis

Holly—Ilex sp.

Privet—Ligustrum sp.

Honeysuckle—Lonicera, shrub types

Siberian Carpet—Microbiota decussata

Firethorn—Pyracantha sp.

Buckthorn—Rhamnus sp.

Rhododendron—Rhododendron

Yew—Taxus and cvs.

Arborvitae—Thuja occidentalis

Hemlock—Tsuga sp.

Viburnum—Viburnums—most