Partial Shade to Full Shade - Page 12 of 15 - Fine Gardening

  • Plant Guide

    Crested leopard plant

    Farfugium japonicum 'Crispatum'

    This evergreen foliage plant has large, leathery leaves and daisy-like yellow flowers.

  • Plant Guide

    Alpine clematis

    Clematis alpina

    Alpine clematis is one of the earliest clematises to bloom, in early May.

  • Plant Guide

    Bergenia cordifolia

    Bergenia cordifolia

    This plant is noted for its beautiful bronze fall foliage.

  • Plant Guide

    Winter begonia

    Bergenia ciliata

    This plant's leaves are large and bright green, with fine hairs, and grow to about 12 inches across.

  • Plant Guide

    Autumn bugbane

    Actaea simplex

    This clumping woodland perennial with deep green foliage up to 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide bears spikes of  fragrant white flowers 1 to 2 feet long in fall.

  • Plant Guide

    Cast-iron plant

    Aspidistra elatior

    This is an ovate, glossy-leaved plant usually grown as a houseplant.

  • Plant Guide

    Cut-leaved toothwort

    Cardamine laciniata

    Cut-leaved toothwort has sharply cut foliage and single white, lavender, or pink nodding flowers that bloom in early spring.

  • Plant Guide

    American barrenwort

    Vancouveria hexandra

    This attractive, easy-care, 6- to 8-inch semi-evergreen groundcover boasts leaves that emerge bright green, then darken with age, creating a two-toned effect.

  • Plant Guide

    ‘Mint Chocolate’ Foam flower

    Tiarella 'Mint Chocolate'

    This clump-forming variety has unusually long, maple-shaped leaves with a chocolate-colored overlay.

  • Plant Guide

    Persian shield

    Strobilanthes dyerianus

    A soft-stemmed shrub grown for its extraordinary foliage, Persian shield has thick, quilted purple leaves to 6 inches long splashed with iridescent pewter or silver.