Flowers to grow in shade
Best shade flowers – Perennials
There is a wide variety of flowers that grow in shade that are also perennials. These shade tolerant flowers can be planted once and will come back with lovely flowers year after year.
Astilbe Bee balm Bellflowers Bleeding-Heart Forget-me-not Foxglove Hellebore Hydrangea Jacob’s Ladder Lamb’s Ears Lily-of-the-Valley Monkshood Primroses Siberian Iris Spotted Deadnettle Violets
Best shade flowers – Annual
Annuals may not come back year after year, but you cannot beat them for sheer flower power. Annual flowers to grow in shade will fill even the shadiest corner with plenty of color.
Alyssum Baby Blue Eyes Begonia Calendula Cleome Fuchsia Impatiens Larkspur Lobelia Monkey-flower Nicotiana Pansy Snapdragon Wishbone Flower
White flowers for shade
White flowers hold a special place in the world of shade tolerant flowers. No other color flowers will bring as much sparkle and brightness to a dim area of your yard. Some white flowers that grow in shade are:
Alyssum Astilbe Begonia Common Shootingstar Coral Bells Dropwort Heliotrope Impatiens Lily-of-the-Valley Gooseneck Loosestrife Plantain-Lily (Hosta) Spotted Deadnettle
Shade tolerant flowers are not impossible to find. Now that you understand which flowers grow well in shade, you can add a little color to your shady spots.
