Shade Plants available from
bigdipperfarm.com
Note, many are
flowering
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descriptions from bigdipperfarm.com
They have hundreds
and hundreds of shade plants
These are the ones
I picked out from A-D!!!
Also, ordered by mrm on May 18 2008; some for me, some for 301 iff approved!
KEY
Full black
circle = shade plant
Half yellow half
black circle = part sun/part shade; probably will do fine in full shade
Yellow circle =
likes full sun
Scissors = makes
good cut flower to put on table etc
Butterfly =
attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
No deer = deer
won’t eat it (less of a problem in
American Flag =
Patriotic J Actually,
means native to
No raindrop =
low-water, drought tolerant
GC = groundcover
(although I think many of these are GC)
Purple thingie = fragrant
Blue blob = bog
plant/wants water (I can plant this one in a certain spot at my place)
Dicentra
spectabilis
Common Name:
Bleeding Heart
Pink & white
heart-shaped flowers hang from long stems. Excellent shade
perennial. You can't beat this one for its low maintenance and
reliability!
Zone: 3-9
Athyrium
niponicum '
Common Name:
Painted Fern
The brightest
painted fern there is! A stunning fern with lustrous silvery
fronds that shimmer with contrasting red veins. Named
after a famous
Zone: 5-9
Asarum
maximum 'Green Panda'
Common Name:
Stunning black
and white blooms to 2'' across below dark green, evergreen, heart shaped, glossy leaves. Among the most
beautiful and unusual of ground covers for the shade. A
very popular Asarum. Exotic
looking but easy to grow.
Zone: 7-8
Asarum europaeum (Hexastylis)
Common Name:
Wild Ginger
Our
most popular Asarum and most difficult to keep in
stock. A choice evergreen with dark green, polished foliage. The
small greenish-brown drooping flowers are inconspicuous. Among
the most beautiful and unusual of ground covers for the shade. A well
deserved Great Plant Pick! [note: this is an “award”
given out annually to several plants by the American Horticultural Society or
some society like that.]
Zone: 4-9
Arisaema
triphyllum
Common Name:
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
This
three-leaved native provides 3 seasons of interest in the shade garden as its
early Spring blooming, unique flowers turn into
striking heads of red berries in the fall. A very unusual and
interesting Arisaema. Easy
to grow unique perennial. Also check out Pinellia.
Zone: 6-8
Arachniodes aristata var
'Variegata'
Common Name:
East Indian Holly Fern
A
strikingly beautiful, variegated, evergreen fern with unusual, glossy, open
fronds that have an almost plastic sheen to them. A prominent wide streak of yellow runs
down the center of each frond. Very architecturally clean lines. Makes an interesting container subject and a colorful indoor potted
plant. Also a nice cut green for floral arrangements.
Zone: 7-10
Anemone tomentosa
Common Name:
Anemone, Grape Leaf
produces long-stalked clusters of rose-pink
flowers which are followed by decorative wooly fruits. Vigorous bright
rose-pink cut flower in fall. Large wooly leaves, wooly reverse, wooly fruits.
Zone: 3-8
Ajuga
'Pink Surprise'
Common Name:
Bugleweed
What a surprise!
A delightful pink flowering ajuga
with very complimentary bronze purple foliage. From mid to late spring,
short spikes of pink flowers stand upright above the low, spreading mat of
leaves. An excellent container and accent plant. A dense, spreading ground cover that will grow in shade where the
grass won't. Dense foliage chokes out weeds. Very
tough, yet beautiful plant for difficult areas.
Zone: 4-9
Actaea pachypoda
Common Name:
Dolls Eyes
Three seasons of
interest on this wonderful native American. Fragrant
white soft and fluffy flowers over lush green dissected foliage in Spring. In the Summer, these
flowers slowly turn into greenish-yellow berries and in Fall they finish out
their growing season as huge, pure white with black dots at each tip resembling
the eyes of a doll. Note: Entire plant is toxic. A 'Great
Plant Pick'. Also known as Actaea alba
Zone: 4-9
Juncus effusus 'Frenzy'
Common Name:
Corkscrew Rush
A distinctive
yellow stripe runs along the length of its corkscrew-like foliage. As the
spiraled blade twists, the stripe seems to appear and disappear. Very different and great for containers. Moisture
loving plant with contorted spiraled ringlets of dark green, grass-like
evergreen foliage. Great accent for the pond edge.
Weird & wonderful. Can be submerged up to an inch
or two or just grow in a very moist location.
Zone: 4-10
Hakonechloa macra 'Beni-kaze'
Common Name:
The Japanese
translation is 'Red Wind' which is perfect for this gorgeous forest grass. A
flowing graceful green through the summer but in fall when the weather cools
the blades take on varying shades of red. A beautiful, easy
shade groundcover.
Zone: 5-9
Chasmanthium latifolium
Common Name:
Northern Sea Oats
This
clump-forming, upright, ornamental has flat, drooping seed heads which hang in
clusters on slightly arching stems and will flutter when caressed by even the
softest of breezes. Seed heads emerge green but turn purplish bronze by late
summer. Excellent for dried flower arrangements.
Zone: 3-8
Carex comans 'Milk Chocolate'
Common Name:
New! Delicious
milk chocolate colored evergreen low growing grass with a mounding habit. Long
thin blades curve outward from the center. Similar to Frosted
Curls in form but with rich chocolate brown color with pinkish tints.
Zone: 5-9
Tradescantia andersoniana 'Innocence'
Common Name:
Spiderwort
This flower
factory has pure white all summer long and is an easy grower. A modest spreader
and well behaved. The white blooms really light up a partial shade garden.
Zone: 4-9
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Tradescantia 'Concord Grape'
Common Name:
Spiderwort
Grape purple
flowers and tight, blue tinted foliage that is neat, attractive and compact. Holds up better than most spiderworts through the summer for us.
- Stock#: 398-001
Zone: 4-8
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