Partial Shade to Full Shade - Page 11 of 15 - Fine Gardening

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    Patrinia scabiosifolia

    Patrinia scabiosifolia

    From a basal mound of toothed leaves (similar to scabiosa's foliage) rise 4- to 6-foot stems of tiny chrome-yellow flowers.

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    ‘Ghost’ fern

    Athyrium ‘Ghost’

    Here's a fern with an upright habit and silvery fronds that give it a ghostly look, hence the name.

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    Sweet Beth

    Trillium vaseyi

    This trillium bears the largest flowers in the genus—almost 4 inches across.

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    Toad lily

    Tricyrtis formosana

    The upward-facing, starlike blossoms of this species vary from white to light pink or lilac, with reddish purple spots throughout.

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    ‘Black Snowflake’ Foam flower

    Tiarella 'Black Snowflake'

    This clump-forming variety has very dramatic, deeply cut foliage with wide black veins that looks like a black snowflake when new.

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    ‘Oakleaf’ Foam flower

    Tiarella wherryi 'Oakleaf'

    This cultivar of the North American species has reddish, deeply lobed, oak-like leaves that mature to dark green with burgundy splashes.

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    Hellebore

    Helleborus × hybridus cvs.

    From late fall through winter, the leathery leaves of hellebores stay glossy, cheery, and green.

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    Variegated lilyturf

    Liriope muscari ‘Variegata’

    Lilyturf is a great choice for problem sites, such as the dry shade under a tree canopy.

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    ‘Silver Dragon’ lilyturf

    Liriope muscari 'Silver Dragon'

    'Silver Dragon' lilyturf features thick, tufted evergreen clumps of linear silver and white leaves with a shimmering silver stripe running down the arching blades.

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    Wintergreen

    Gaultheria procumbens

    This creeping, rhizomatous shrublet grows to 6 inches, with scalloped or bristly toothed, glossy, dark green leaves.