Shade perennials

The 55 plants

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  Bear's Breech

  Acanthus mollis

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

  Acanthus mollis appears on this list without a published page yet. Its spot here comes from the same shared trait as the rest of the collection: tolerance for part shade or full shade instead of a full-sun spot.

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  Common Yarrow

  Achillea millefolium

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Calamus

  Acorus calamus

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Black Baneberry

  Actaea racemosa

  Part shade and full shade (part shade preferred)

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  Bishop's Goutweed

  Aegopodium podagraria

  Part shade and full shade (part shade preferred)

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  Blue Giant Hyssop

  Agastache foeniculum

  Full sun, part shade and full shade (full sun preferred)

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  Indianhemp

  Apocynum cannabinum

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Greater Burdock

  Arctium lappa

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Mountain Arnica

  Arnica montana

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Absinthium

  Artemisia absinthium

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Common Wormwood

  Artemisia vulgaris

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Butterfly Milkweed

  Asclepias tuberosa

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Common Asparagus Fern

  Asparagus setaceus

  Part shade and full shade (part shade preferred)

  Asparagus setaceus is listed here for the same reason as its neighbors on this page. This collection only groups plants by their part shade or full shade trait, and that is the trait this entry shares with the rest.

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  Cast Iron Plant

  Aspidistra elatior

  Part shade and full shade (part shade preferred)

  Aspidistra elatior is one of the three plants on this list with a full page live right now. It belongs here because this site groups it under the part shade and full shade trait that defines this collection.

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  Belladonna

  Atropa bella-donna

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Lawndaisy

  Bellis perennis

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Indian Shot

  Canna indica

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Spadeleaf

  Centella asiatica

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Spider Plant

  Chlorophytum comosum

  Part shade and full shade (part shade preferred)

  Chlorophytum comosum sits in this collection under the same part shade and full shade trait as every other plant listed here. No page is published for it yet, so the light range and care details are not covered on this hub.

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  Jack in the Bush

  Chromolaena odorata

  Part shade

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  Canada Thistle

  Cirsium arvense

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Field Bindweed

  Convolvulus arvensis

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Papyrus

  Cyperus papyrus

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Dracaena angolensis

  Dracaena angolensis

  Part shade and full shade (part shade preferred)

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  Dracaena masoniana

  Dracaena masoniana

  Part shade

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  Snake Plant

  Dracaena trifasciata

  Part shade

  Dracaena trifasciata is another of the three plants here with its own page already published. Like the rest of this list, it is included for its ability to grow in part or full shade rather than open sun.

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  Purple Coneflower

  Echinacea purpurea

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Sweetscented Joe Pye Weed

  Eutrochium purpureum

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Queen of the Meadow

  Filipendula ulmaria

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Woodland Strawberry

  Fragaria vesca

  Part shade and full shade (part shade preferred)

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  Sweetscented Bedstraw

  Galium odoratum

  Part shade and full shade (part shade preferred)

  Galium odoratum rounds out the three published pages linked from this collection. It sits on this list for the same reason as every other name here: it can grow where sun is limited to part shade or less.

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  Daylily

  Hemerocallis fulva

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Common Cowparsnip

  Heracleum maximum

  Full sun, part shade and full shade (full sun preferred)

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  Chameleon

  Houttuynia cordata

  Full sun, part shade and full shade (full sun preferred)

  Houttuynia cordata belongs on this collection for the same reason as the plants around it. It meets the part shade or full shade trait that defines this group, though its own page has not been published yet.

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  Common St. Johnswort

  Hypericum perforatum

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Cardinalflower

  Lobelia cardinalis

  Full sun, part shade and full shade (full sun preferred)

  Lobelia cardinalis is part of this collection because it fits the part shade and full shade trait shared by every plant on this list. Its own page is not live yet, so its specific care details sit outside the scope of this hub.

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  Marvel of Peru

  Mirabilis jalapa

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Wild Bergamot

  Monarda fistulosa

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Baby Rubberplant

  Peperomia obtusifolia

  Part shade and full shade (part shade preferred)

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  American Pokeweed

  Phytolacca americana

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Indian Strawberry

  Potentilla indica

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Common Selfheal

  Prunella vulgaris

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Japanese Knotweed

  Reynoutria japonica

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Cloudberry

  Rubus chamaemorus

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Canada Goldenrod

  Solidago canadensis

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Peace Lily

  Spathiphyllum wallisii

  Full shade and part shade (full shade preferred)

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  New England Aster

  Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  New York Aster

  Symphyotrichum novi-belgii

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Common Comfrey

  Symphytum officinale

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  White Clover

  Trifolium repens

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Stinging Nettle

  Urtica dioica

  Full sun, part shade and full shade (full sun preferred)

• Purpletop Vervain

  Verbena bonariensis

  Full sun and part shade (full sun preferred)

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  Adam's Needle

  Yucca filamentosa

  Full sun, part shade and full shade (full sun preferred)

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  Zamioculcas zamiifolia

  Zamioculcas zamiifolia

  Part shade and full shade (part shade preferred)

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  Bitter Ginger

  Zingiber zerumbet

  Part shade and full shade (part shade preferred)