Plants for shade
These plants grow in shade or part shade: under trees, on north-facing walls (south-facing in the southern hemisphere) or between buildings.
509 plants:
- African star apple (agbalumo, udara) Gambeya albida · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- African violet Streptocarpus ionanthus · shade, 1+ h sun
- Agarwood (eaglewood, krissana) Aquilaria crassna · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Air plant (blushing tillandsia) Tillandsia ionantha · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Albany pitcher plant Cephalotus follicularis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Alexanders (horse parsley) Smyrnium olusatrum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Alpenrose (rusty-leaved alpenrose) Rhododendron ferrugineum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Alpine snowbell Soldanella alpina · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- American beech Fagus grandifolia · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- American highbush cranberry Viburnum trilobum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- American witch hazel (common witch hazel) Hamamelis virginiana · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Anemone clematis Clematis montana · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Arabica coffee Coffea arabica · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Areca palm (golden cane palm) Dypsis lutescens · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Armand’s clematis (evergreen clematis) Clematis armandii · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Arrowhead vine (syngonium) Syngonium podophyllum · part sun to part shade, 2+ h sun
- Arrowroot (West Indian arrowroot) Maranta arundinacea · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Arrowwood viburnum Viburnum dentatum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Arugula (rocket) Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Ashanti pepper (West African black pepper, uziza) Piper guineense · shade, 2+ h sun
- Ashoka tree Saraca asoca · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Astilbe Astilbe x arendsii · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Augustine’s rhododendron (blue rhododendron) Rhododendron augustinii · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Auricula Primula auricula · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Australian finger lime Citrus australasica · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Autumn gentian (Chinese gentian) Gentiana sino-ornata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Azolla (water fern) Azolla pinnata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Baby rubber plant (blunt-leaved peperomia) Peperomia obtusifolia · part sun to part shade, 2+ h sun
- Bacopa (sutera) Chaenostoma cordatum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Balsam fir Abies balsamea · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Bangalow palm (piccabeen palm) Archontophoenix cunninghamiana · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Barrenwort (bishop’s hat) Epimedium grandiflorum · shade, 2+ h sun
- Bear’s breeches Acanthus mollis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Beehive ginger Zingiber spectabile · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Betel leaf Piper betle · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Bigleaf hydrangea Hydrangea macrophylla · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Bigleaf ligularia (leopard plant) Ligularia dentata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Bigleaf maple Acer macrophyllum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Big-leaf rhododendron Rhododendron sinogrande · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Bird cherry Prunus padus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Bird's nest fern Asplenium nidus · shade, 1+ h sun
- Bitter kola (orogbo, false kola) Garcinia kola · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Black pepper Piper nigrum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Bleeding heart Lamprocapnos spectabilis · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis · shade, 2+ h sun
- Blue-eyed Mary (creeping navelwort) Omphalodes verna · shade, 2+ h sun
- Blue flax lily (paroo lily) Dianella caerulea · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Blue vanda Vanda coerulea · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Blushing bromeliad Neoregelia carolinae · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Bok choy Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Boston fern (sword fern) Nephrolepis exaltata · shade, 1+ h sun
- Boston ivy Parthenocissus tricuspidata · part sun to part shade, 2+ h sun
- Box-leaf azara (vanilla tree) Azara microphylla · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Boxwood Buxus sempervirens · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Brown boronia (scented boronia) Boronia megastigma · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Bugle (ajuga) Ajuga reptans · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Bulley’s primula (candelabra primula) Primula bulleyana · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Bunchberry Cornus canadensis · shade, 2+ h sun
- Burmese grape (ma-fai) Baccaurea ramiflora · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Burrawang (cycad) Macrozamia communis · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Burro’s tail (donkey’s tail) Sedum morganianum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Bush anemone (tree anemone) Carpenteria californica · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Bush lily (clivia) Clivia miniata · shade, 2+ h sun
- Busy Lizzie (impatiens) Impatiens walleriana · shade, 2+ h sun
- Buttercup winter hazel (hyūgamizuki) Corylopsis pauciflora · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Cabbage-tree palm Livistona australis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Cacao Theobroma cacao · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Caladium (angel wings) Caladium bicolor · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- California bay (Oregon myrtle) Umbellularia californica · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Calla lily (arum lily) Zantedeschia aethiopica · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Camellia Camellia japonica · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Campbell’s magnolia Magnolia campbellii · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Canadian wild ginger Asarum canadense · shade, 1+ h sun
- Cape pondweed (water hawthorn, waterblommetjie) Aponogeton distachyos · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Cardboard palm Zamia furfuracea · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Carolina allspice (sweetshrub) Calycanthus floridus · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Cassia (Chinese cinnamon) Cinnamomum cassia · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Cast-iron plant (haran) Aspidistra elatior · shade, 0+ h sun
- Celery Apium graveolens · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Centella (gotu kola) Centella asiatica · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Ceylon ironwood (na, bunnak) Mesua ferrea · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Chatham Island forget-me-not Myosotidium hortensia · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Cherry laurel Prunus laurocerasus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Chervil Anthriscus cerefolium · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Chestnut-leaved rodgersia Rodgersia aesculifolia · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Chilean bellflower (copihue) Lapageria rosea · shade, 2+ h sun
- Chilean firebush (notro) Embothrium coccineum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Chilean guava (murta) Ugni molinae · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Chilean holly (taique) Desfontainia spinosa · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Chilean lantern tree Crinodendron hookerianum · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Chilean myrtle (arrayán) Luma apiculata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Chilean rhubarb (nalca, pangue) Gunnera tinctoria · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Chin cactus (grafted “moon cactus”) Gymnocalycium mihanovichii · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Chinese evergreen Aglaonema commutatum · shade, 1+ h sun
- Chinese money plant (pancake plant) Pilea peperomioides · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Chinese monkshood (Carmichael’s aconite) Aconitum carmichaelii · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Chinese perfume plant (mock lime, prayong) Aglaia odorata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Chinese witch hazel Hamamelis mollis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Chocolate vine (akebi) Akebia quinata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Christmas cactus (Thanksgiving cactus, crab cactus) Schlumbergera truncata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides · shade, 1+ h sun
- Christmas rose Helleborus niger · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Cinnabar rhododendron Rhododendron cinnabarinum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Climbing hydrangea Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris · shade, 2+ h sun
- Climbing ylang-ylang (karawek) Artabotrys hexapetalus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Clove Syzygium aromaticum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Clumping bamboo Fargesia murielae · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Clustering fishtail palm Caryota mitis · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Coleus Coleus scutellarioides · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Columbine meadow rue (French meadow rue) Thalictrum aquilegiifolium · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Comfrey Symphytum officinale · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Common bistort (Easter ledges) Bistorta officinalis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Common bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Common columbine Aquilegia vulgaris · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Common hazel Corylus avellana · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Common honeysuckle (woodbine) Lonicera periclymenum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Common ivy Hedera helix · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Common privet Ligustrum vulgare · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Common staghorn fern (elkhorn fern) Platycerium bifurcatum · part sun to part shade, 2+ h sun
- Coral ardisia (manryō) Ardisia crenata · shade, 1+ h sun
- Coral bells (heuchera) Heuchera americana · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Coriander (cilantro) Coriandrum sativum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Cornelian cherry Cornus mas · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Corn plant (mass cane, fragrant dracaena) Dracaena fragrans · part sun to part shade, 2+ h sun
- Corn salad (lamb's lettuce) Valerianella locusta · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Cranesbill (hardy geranium) Geranium x magnificum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Crape jasmine (pinwheel flower, phut) Tabernaemontana divaricata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Creeping fig (climbing fig) Ficus pumila · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Creeping Jacob’s ladder (spreading Jacob’s ladder) Polemonium reptans · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Crepe ginger Hellenia speciosa · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Crimson cattleya Cattleya labiata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Crown staghorn fern Platycerium coronarium · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Cuban oregano (Indian borage) Coleus amboinicus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Culantro Eryngium foetidum · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Cupuaçu Theobroma grandiflorum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Dalmatian bellflower (wall bellflower) Campanula portenschlagiana · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Dancing ladies ginger Globba winitii · shade, 2+ h sun
- Davidson’s plum Davidsonia pruriens · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Deadly nightshade (belladonna) Atropa belladonna · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Delta maidenhair fern Adiantum raddianum · shade, 1+ h sun
- Deodeok (bonnet bellflower) Codonopsis lanceolata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Devil’s claw (tufted horned rampion) Physoplexis comosa · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Dog’s-tooth violet Erythronium dens-canis · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Douglas iris (Pacific Coast iris) Iris douglasiana · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Dove tree (handkerchief tree) Davidia involucrata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Drumstick primula Primula denticulata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Dumb cane (dieffenbachia) Dieffenbachia seguine · part sun to part shade, 2+ h sun
- Dutch crocus Crocus vernus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Dutchman’s breeches Dicentra cucullaria · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Dwarf umbrella tree (schefflera) Heptapleurum arboricola · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Early stachyurus (kibushi) Stachyurus praecox · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Earth star (cryptanthus) Cryptanthus bivittatus · part sun to part shade, 2+ h sun
- Eastern Cape giant cycad Encephalartos altensteinii · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Eastern cyclamen (spring cyclamen) Cyclamen coum · shade, 2+ h sun
- Eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis · shade, 2+ h sun
- Eastern redbud Cercis canadensis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Eastern red columbine Aquilegia canadensis · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Edging lobelia Lobelia erinus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Elephant foot yam (suran, buk) Amorphophallus paeoniifolius · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Elephant's ears (bergenia) Bergenia cordifolia · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Emerald ripple peperomia Peperomia caperata · shade, 1+ h sun
- English holly Ilex aquifolium · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- English yew Taxus baccata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- European beech Fagus sylvatica · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- European hornbeam Carpinus betulus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- European silver fir Abies alba · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Fairy Lake cycad Cycas fairylakea · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- False Solomon’s seal (feathery false lily of the valley) Maianthemum racemosum · shade, 2+ h sun
- Fan columbine (miyama-odamaki) Aquilegia flabellata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Fatsia (Japanese aralia, yatsude) Fatsia japonica · shade, 1+ h sun
- Fiddle-leaf fig Ficus lyrata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Field maple Acer campestre · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Fingerroot (krachai, temu kunci) Boesenbergia rotunda · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Firecracker flower (crossandra) Crossandra infundibuliformis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Fishbone prayer plant (Burle Marx ctenanthe) Ctenanthe burle-marxii · shade, 1+ h sun
- Fish mint (dokudami, rau diếp cá) Houttuynia cordata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Five-flavour berry (omija) Schisandra chinensis · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Flame violet (episcia) Episcia cupreata · shade, 1+ h sun
- Flaming Katy (florist’s kalanchoe) Kalanchoe blossfeldiana · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Flamingo flower Anthurium andraeanum · shade, 2+ h sun
- Flaming sword (vriesea) Lutheria splendens · part sun to part shade, 2+ h sun
- Florist’s cyclamen Cyclamen persicum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Flowering currant (red-flowering currant) Ribes sanguineum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Flowering dogwood Cornus florida · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Flowering tobacco Nicotiana alata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia · shade, 1+ h sun
- Four-season orchid (jian lan, sword-leaved cymbidium) Cymbidium ensifolium · part sun to part shade, 2+ h sun
- Foxglove Digitalis purpurea · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Foxtail agave (spineless century plant) Agave attenuata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Fringe cups Tellima grandiflora · shade, 2+ h sun
- Fuki (Japanese butterbur) Petasites japonicus · shade, 2+ h sun
- Full-moon maple (hauchiwa-kaede) Acer japonicum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Fumewort (bird-in-a-bush) Corydalis solida · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Galangal Alpinia galanga · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Garden angelica Angelica archangelica · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Garden balsam Impatiens balsamina · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Garden cress Lepidium sativum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Gardenia Gardenia jasminoides · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Garden pansy Viola x wittrockiana · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Giant carrion flower (starfish flower) Stapelia gigantea · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Giant fern (king fern) Angiopteris evecta · shade, 1+ h sun
- Giant Himalayan cowslip Primula florindae · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Giant Himalayan lily Cardiocrinum giganteum · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Giant snowdrop (Elwes’s snowdrop) Galanthus elwesii · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Giant taro (elephant ear) Alocasia macrorrhizos · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Ginger Zingiber officinale · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Globeflower Trollius europaeus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Golden bamboo Phyllostachys aurea · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Golden pothos (devil’s ivy) Epipremnum aureum · shade, 1+ h sun
- Good King Henry Blitum bonus-henricus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Grains of paradise (melegueta pepper) Aframomum melegueta · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Grains of Selim (Ethiopian pepper, uda) Xylopia aethiopica · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Great blue lobelia Lobelia siphilitica · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Great masterwort (Hattie’s pincushion) Astrantia major · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Grecian windflower Anemone blanda · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Green cardamom Elettaria cardamomum · shade, 2+ h sun
- Grierson’s rhododendron Rhododendron griersonianum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Griffith’s spurge Euphorbia griffithii · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Guaraná Paullinia cupana · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Hanging lobster claw (heliconia) Heliconia rostrata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Hanguana (bakung) Hanguana malayana · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Hardy fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Heartleaf philodendron Philodendron hederaceum · shade, 2+ h sun
- Heartsease (wild pansy) Viola tricolor · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Heavenly bamboo (nandina) Nandina domestica · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Hellebore (Lenten rose) Helleborus x hybridus · shade, 2+ h sun
- Henry’s lily Lilium henryi · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Himalayan blue poppy Meconopsis betonicifolia · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Himalayan cowslip (Sikkim primrose) Primula sikkimensis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Himalayan fleeceflower (knotweed groundcover) Bistorta affinis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Himalayan honeysuckle (pheasant berry) Leycesteria formosa · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Himalayan sweet box (Christmas box) Sarcococca hookeriana · shade, 1+ h sun
- Hippeastrum (amaryllis) Hippeastrum hybrids · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Honesty Lunaria annua · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Hosta Hosta spp. · shade, 2+ h sun
- Hyacinth orchid (shiran) Bletilla striata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Inch plant (silver inch plant, wandering dude) Tradescantia zebrina · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Indian pink (woodland pinkroot) Spigelia marilandica · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Ivy-leaved cyclamen Cyclamen hederifolium · shade, 2+ h sun
- Ivy-leaved toadflax (Kenilworth ivy) Cymbalaria muralis · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Jade vine Strongylodon macrobotrys · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Jambu (toothache plant) Acmella oleracea · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Japanese andromeda (pieris) Pieris japonica · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Japanese anemone Anemone hupehensis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Japanese forest grass Hakonechloa macra · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Japanese holly (inutsuge) Ilex crenata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Japanese kerria Kerria japonica · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Japanese maple Acer palmatum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Japanese painted fern Athyrium niponicum · shade, 2+ h sun
- Japanese pepper (sanshō) Zanthoxylum piperitum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Japanese primrose (kurinsō) Primula japonica · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Japanese skimmia (miyama-shikimi) Skimmia japonica · shade, 1+ h sun
- Japanese snowbell Styrax japonicus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Japanese spurge (pachysandra) Pachysandra terminalis · shade, 2+ h sun
- Japanese stewartia Stewartia pseudocamellia · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Japanese sweet flag (sekishō) Acorus gramineus · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Japanese umbrella pine (kōyamaki) Sciadopitys verticillata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Javanese rhododendron (vireya) Rhododendron javanicum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Jewel orchid Ludisia discolor · shade, 1+ h sun
- Joey palm Johannesteijsmannia altifrons · shade, 1+ h sun
- Kale Brassica oleracea var. sabellica · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Kāpuka (broadleaf) Griselinia littoralis · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Karaka Corynocarpus laevigatus · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Katsura tree Cercidiphyllum japonicum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Katuk (sweet leaf, phak wan ban) Breynia androgyna · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Kawakawa Piper excelsum · shade, 2+ h sun
- Kencur (aromatic ginger) Kaempferia galanga · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Kola nut Cola nitida · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Kolomikta kiwi (variegated kiwi vine) Actinidia kolomikta · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Komatsuna Brassica rapa var. perviridis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Konjac (devil’s tongue) Amorphophallus konjac · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Korarima (Ethiopian cardamom) Aframomum corrorima · shade, 2+ h sun
- Korean feather reed grass Calamagrostis brachytricha · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Korean ginseng Panax ginseng · shade, 1+ h sun
- Korean rhododendron (jindallae) Rhododendron mucronulatum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Korean spice viburnum Viburnum carlesii · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Kousa dogwood Cornus kousa · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Labrador tea Rhododendron groenlandicum · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Lacy tree fern (Cooper’s tree fern) Sphaeropteris cooperi · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Lacy tree philodendron Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Lady of the night orchid Brassavola nodosa · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Lady palm (bamboo palm, rhapis) Rhapis excelsa · shade, 1+ h sun
- Lady's mantle Alchemilla mollis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Langsat (duku) Lansium parasiticum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Large-flowered trillium Trillium grandiflorum · shade, 2+ h sun
- Laurustinus Viburnum tinus · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Lemon balm Melissa officinalis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Leopard plant (tsuwabuki) Farfugium japonicum · shade, 1+ h sun
- Lesser periwinkle Vinca minor · shade, 2+ h sun
- Lettuce Lactuca sativa · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Lily Lilium · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Lily of the valley Convallaria majalis · shade, 2+ h sun
- Lilyturf (liriope) Liriope muscari · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Lipstick plant Aeschynanthus radicans · part sun to part shade, 2+ h sun
- Liverleaf (hepatica) Hepatica nobilis · shade, 2+ h sun
- Lolot (wild betel) Piper sarmentosum · part sun to part shade, 2+ h sun
- Longevity spinach (sambung nyawa) Gynura procumbens · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Lovage Levisticum officinale · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Lulo (naranjilla) Solanum quitoense · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Lungwort (pulmonaria) Pulmonaria officinalis · shade, 2+ h sun
- Male fern Dryopteris filix-mas · shade, 1+ h sun
- Malesian tree fern Alsophila contaminans · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Manau rattan Calamus manan · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Mangosteen Garcinia mangostana · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Mangrove fan palm Licuala spinosa · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Maqui berry Aristotelia chilensis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Margined primrose Primula marginata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Marsh marigold Caltha palustris · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Martagon lily (Turk’s cap lily) Lilium martagon · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Mayapple (American mandrake) Podophyllum peltatum · shade, 2+ h sun
- Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Melinjo (gnetum, phak miang) Gnetum gnemon · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Mexican orange blossom Choisya ternata · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Mignonette (sweet reseda) Reseda odorata · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Mīkoikoi (New Zealand iris) Libertia grandiflora · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Milky bellflower Campanula lactiflora · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Minari (water dropwort) Oenanthe javanica · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Ming aralia Polyscias fruticosa · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Mini monstera (Rhaphidophora tetrasperma) Rhaphidophora tetrasperma · part sun to part shade, 2+ h sun
- Mint Mentha spicata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Miracle fruit (miracle berry) Synsepalum dulcificum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Mistletoe cactus Rhipsalis baccifera · shade, 2+ h sun
- Mitsuba Cryptotaenia japonica · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Mizuna Brassica rapa var. japonica · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Mondo grass Ophiopogon japonicus · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Moon orchid (moth orchid) Phalaenopsis amabilis · shade, 1+ h sun
- Moses-in-the-cradle (oyster plant) Tradescantia spathacea · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Moso bamboo Phyllostachys edulis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Mother of thousands (devil’s backbone) Kalanchoe daigremontiana · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Motherwort Leonurus cardiaca · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Mountain hydrangea (yama-ajisai) Hydrangea serrata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Myoga ginger Zingiber mioga · shade, 2+ h sun
- Native fuchsia (common correa) Correa reflexa · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Native violet (ivy-leaved violet) Viola hederacea · shade, 2+ h sun
- Nepalese paper plant (lokta daphne) Daphne bholua · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Nerve plant (fittonia) Fittonia albivenis · shade, 1+ h sun
- New Guinea impatiens Impatiens hawkeri · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Night-scented lily (giant upright elephant ear) Alocasia odora · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Nīkau palm Rhopalostylis sapida · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Noble dendrobium Dendrobium nobile · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Northern sea oats (river oats) Chasmanthium latifolium · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Northern spicebush Lindera benzoin · shade, 2+ h sun
- Nutmeg Myristica fragrans · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Orchid primula (Vial’s primrose) Primula vialii · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Oregon grape Berberis aquifolium · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Ornamental rhubarb (Chinese rhubarb) Rheum palmatum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Orpheus flower (Rhodope haberlea) Haberlea rhodopensis · shade, 2+ h sun
- Ostrich fern Matteuccia struthiopteris · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Pagoda flower Clerodendrum paniculatum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Pandan Pandanus amaryllifolius · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Panda plant (pussy ears) Kalanchoe tomentosa · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Panicle hydrangea Hydrangea paniculata · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Paperbush (mitsumata) Edgeworthia chrysantha · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Parsley Petroselinum crispum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Patchouli Pogostemon cablin · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Pau-brasil (Brazilwood) Paubrasilia echinata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Pawpaw Asimina triloba · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Peace lily Spathiphyllum wallisii · shade, 1+ h sun
- Peach-leaved bellflower Campanula persicifolia · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Peacock plant Goeppertia makoyana · shade, 1+ h sun
- Peacock spikemoss Selaginella willdenowii · shade, 1+ h sun
- Pennsylvania sedge Carex pensylvanica · shade, 2+ h sun
- Père David’s maple (snakebark maple) Acer davidii · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Peumo (Chilean acorn tree) Cryptocarya alba · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Phak wan pa (melientha) Melientha suavis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Pigeon orchid Dendrobium crumenatum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Poison bulb (giant crinum lily, phlap phlueng) Crinum asiaticum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Polka-dot begonia (spotted begonia) Begonia maculata · part sun to part shade, 2+ h sun
- Portugal laurel Prunus lusitanica · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Prayer plant (herringbone plant) Maranta leuconeura · shade, 1+ h sun
- Primrose Primula vulgaris · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Puawānanga (New Zealand clematis) Clematis paniculata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Purple roscoea (Himalayan ginger lily) Roscoea purpurea · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Putat sungai (freshwater mangrove) Barringtonia racemosa · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Pyrenean violet (resurrection plant) Ramonda myconi · shade, 2+ h sun
- Queen of the night (Dutchman’s pipe cactus) Epiphyllum oxypetalum · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Queen’s tears (friendship plant) Billbergia nutans · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Radish Raphanus sativus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Rattlesnake plant Goeppertia insignis · shade, 1+ h sun
- Real yellowwood Podocarpus latifolius · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Red campion Silene dioica · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Red disa (Pride of Table Mountain) Disa uniflora · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Red ginger Alpinia purpurata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Red spider lily Lycoris radiata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Redvein enkianthus Enkianthus campanulatus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Rengarenga (rock lily) Arthropodium cirratum · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Rex begonia Begonia rex · shade, 1+ h sun
- Rhododendron Rhododendron · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Riberry (small-leaved lilly pilly) Syzygium luehmannii · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Rice-paper plant (tsūdatsu) Tetrapanax papyrifer · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Rimu Dacrydium cupressinum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Robusta coffee Coffea canephora · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Rose grape Medinilla magnifica · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Rough horsetail (scouring rush) Equisetum hyemale · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Rough-leaved hydrangea Hydrangea aspera · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Round-leaf calathea Goeppertia orbifolia · shade, 1+ h sun
- Round-leaf mint bush Prostanthera rotundifolia · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Rubber fig Ficus elastica · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Sacred lily (omoto) Rohdea japonica · shade, 0+ h sun
- Sago cycad Cycas revoluta · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Salak (snake fruit) Salacca zalacca · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Sasanqua camellia Camellia sasanqua · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Satin pothos (silver vine) Scindapsus pictus · shade, 2+ h sun
- Satsuki azalea Rhododendron indicum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Scarlet star bromeliad Guzmania lingulata · shade, 2+ h sun
- Shell ginger Alpinia zerumbet · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Shirui lily Lilium mackliniae · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Short-toothed mountain mint Pycnanthemum muticum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Siam tulip Curcuma alismatifolia · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Siberian bugloss (brunnera) Brunnera macrophylla · shade, 2+ h sun
- Siberian squill Scilla siberica · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Silver tree fern (ponga) Alsophila dealbata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Siskiyou lewisia Lewisia cotyledon · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Small crowea (waxflower) Crowea exalata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Small-leaved lime (linden) Tilia cordata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Smooth hydrangea 'Annabelle' Hydrangea arborescens · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Snake plant Dracaena trifasciata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Snake’s head fritillary Fritillaria meleagris · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Soft tree fern Dicksonia antarctica · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Solomon’s seal Polygonatum multiflorum · shade, 2+ h sun
- Spanish moss Tillandsia usneoides · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Spider plant Chlorophytum comosum · part sun to part shade, 2+ h sun
- Spinach Spinacia oleracea · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Spiny tree fern Alsophila spinulosa · shade, 2+ h sun
- Spotted laurel (Japanese aucuba) Aucuba japonica · shade, 1+ h sun
- Spring snowflake Leucojum vernum · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Star anise Illicium verum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Star jasmine Trachelospermum jasminoides · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Strawberry begonia (yukinoshita) Saxifraga stolonifera · shade, 1+ h sun
- String of pearls Curio rowleyanus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Summersweet (sweet pepperbush) Clethra alnifolia · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Sweet cicely Myrrhis odorata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Sweet osmanthus Osmanthus fragrans · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Sweet rocket (dame’s violet) Hesperis matronalis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Sweet violet Viola odorata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Sweet woodruff Galium odoratum · shade, 2+ h sun
- Swiss chard Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris (Cicla) · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Swiss cheese plant Monstera deliciosa · shade, 2+ h sun
- Swiss cheese vine (Adanson’s monstera) Monstera adansonii · part sun to part shade, 2+ h sun
- Tannia (malanga, yautía, cocoyam) Xanthosoma sagittifolium · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Taro Colocasia esculenta · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Tasmanian mountain pepper Tasmannia lanceolata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Tea plant Camellia sinensis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Thomson’s rhododendron Rhododendron thomsonii · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Ti plant (cordyline) Cordyline fruticosa · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Toad lily Tricyrtis hirta · shade, 2+ h sun
- Torch ginger Etlingera elatior · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Tree peony Paeonia suffruticosa · part sun to part shade, 5+ h sun
- Tree rhododendron (lali gurans, burans) Rhododendron arboreum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Triostar stromanthe Stromanthe thalia · part sun to part shade, 2+ h sun
- Trout lily (yellow adder’s tongue) Erythronium americanum · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Turmeric Curcuma longa · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Twinflower Linnaea borealis · shade, 2+ h sun
- Urn plant (silver vase bromeliad) Aechmea fasciata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Valerian Valeriana officinalis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Vanilla orchid Vanilla planifolia · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Veitch's masdevallia Masdevallia veitchiana · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Viburnum Viburnum opulus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Vietnamese coriander Persicaria odorata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Virginia bluebells Mertensia virginica · shade, 2+ h sun
- Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Wasabi Eutrema japonicum · shade, 1+ h sun
- Waterleaf Talinum fruticosum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Water violet Hottonia palustris · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Wax begonia Begonia semperflorens-cultorum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Wax plant (porcelain flower) Hoya carnosa · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Weeping fig (Benjamin fig) Ficus benjamina · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Western red cedar Thuja plicata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Western sword fern Polystichum munitum · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- White bat lily Tacca integrifolia · shade, 1+ h sun
- White clover Trifolium repens · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- White cobra lily Arisaema candidissimum · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- White ginger lily Hedychium coronarium · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- White turtlehead Chelone glabra · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Wild garlic (ramsons) Allium ursinum · shade, 2+ h sun
- Wild geranium (spotted cranesbill) Geranium maculatum · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Willow gentian Gentiana asclepiadea · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Windmill palm (Chusan palm) Trachycarpus fortunei · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Winged pitcher plant Nepenthes alata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Winter aconite Eranthis hyemalis · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Winter daphne Daphne odora · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Winter jasmine Jasminum nudiflorum · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Wollemi pine Wollemia nobilis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Wood anemone Anemone nemorosa · shade, 2+ h sun
- Woodland forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Woodland phlox (wild blue phlox) Phlox divaricata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- Woodland strawberry (alpine strawberry) Fragaria vesca · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Woodland tobacco (flowering tobacco) Nicotiana sylvestris · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Wood's cycad Encephalartos woodii · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Yanang (bamboo grass vine) Tiliacora triandra · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Yellow pond lily (brandy bottle) Nuphar lutea · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Yellow saraca Saraca cauliflora · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Yellow wax bells (kirenga-shōma) Kirengeshoma palmata · shade, 2+ h sun
- Yerba mate Ilex paraguariensis · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Yesterday-today-and-tomorrow (manacá) Brunfelsia pauciflora · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Yew plum pine (inumaki) Podocarpus macrophyllus · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Yunnan camellia Camellia reticulata · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Yunnan rhododendron Rhododendron yunnanense · part sun to part shade, 4+ h sun
- Zebra haworthia (zebra plant) Haworthiopsis attenuata · part sun to part shade, 3+ h sun
- ZZ plant (Zanzibar gem) Zamioculcas zamiifolia · shade, 1+ h sun
Reference values for planning, not horticultural, veterinary or medical advice. Varieties, soils and local climates differ: check with a local nursery or extension service.