Award-Winning Plants for Shade

Every plant here holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit and tolerates partial or full shade — reliable choices for the tricky darker corners of a garden.

Award-Winning Plants for Shade

Aloe Vera (Aloe vera)

Avens (Geum)

Bay (Laurus nobilis)

Blueberry 'Duke'

Blueberry 'Spartan'

Boston Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata)

Buddleia (Buddleja davidii)

Bugle (Ajuga reptans)

Cast Iron Plant (Aspidistra elatior)

Common Beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Common Rose (Rosa gallica)

Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

Coral Bells (Heuchera)

Cowslip (Primula veris)

Crocosmia (Crocosmia crocosmiiflora)

Daylily (Hemerocallis)

Elder (Sambucus nigra)

Fern (Dryopteris filix-mas)

Fiddle Leaf Fig (Ficus lyrata)

Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)

Fuchsia

Hardy Geranium (Geranium)

Hellebore (Helleborus)

Holly (Ilex aquifolium)

Honeysuckle 'Graham Thomas'

Honeysuckle 'Serotina'

Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)

Hosta

Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)

Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis)

Michaelmas daisy (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii)

Monstera (Monstera deliciosa)

Pilea (Pilea peperomioides)

Pothos (Epipremnum aureum)

Pot Marigold (Calendula officinalis)

Primrose (Primula vulgaris)

Red Currant (Ribes rubrum)

Rhododendron arborescens

Rose (Rosa)

Rubber Plant (Ficus elastica)

Rudbeckia (Rudbeckia fulgida)

Sage (Salvia officinalis)

Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)

Strawberry 'Hapil'

Strawberry 'Rhapsody'

Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo)

String of Pearls (Curio rowleyanus)

Weigela florida

Whitebeam (Sorbus aria)

Wisteria 'Amethyst'

Wisteria 'Prolific'

Woodrush (Luzula sylvatica)

Yew (Taxus baccata)

ZZ Plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia)