Full Shade
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Plant Guide‘Ursula’s Red’ Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Ursula's Red'The broad silvery leaves of ‘Ursula’s Red’ have a showy burgundy band at the center of the leaves in spring.
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Plant GuideGiant leopard plant
Ligularia tussilaginea ‘Gigantea’This evergreen foliage plant has large, rounded, leathery leaves and daisy-like yellow flowers.
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Plant GuideBlue grama
Bouteloua gracilis
Blue grama is a perennial grass from the Americas bearing unusually bent and flattened inflorescences.
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Plant GuideChinese wild ginger
Asarum splendensThere are many species and varieties of wild ginger, but this vigorous, fast-growing, and beautiful species tops my list.
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Plant GuideDwarf Fothergilla, Dwarf Witch Alder
Fothergilla 'Blue Shadow'
These shrubs are beautiful, compact, and easy to grow, making them obvious choices for mixed borders, foundation plantings, and naturalizing.
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Plant GuideCommon periwinkle, creeping myrtle
Vinca minor 'Illumination'Like other creeping myrtles, 'Illumination' is a tough evergreen ground cover for shade that will grow in almost any soil.
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Plant GuidePlectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’
Plectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’Plectranthus cultivars are popular foliage plants, but some gardeners grow them for their blooms, and one of the best bloomers is 'Mona Lavender'.
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Plant GuideLigularia dentata ‘Britt Marie Crawford’
Ligularia dentata 'Britt Marie Crawford'In early spring, fleshy stems unfurl and are topped by rounded burgundy leaves.
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Plant Guide‘Indonesia’ daylily
Hemerocallis 'Indonesia'This daylily has cheerful, ruffly yellow-orange flowers.
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Plant GuideDeadnettle, yellow archangel
Lamium galeobdolon 'Hermann's Pride''Hermann's Pride' is small, but bold.
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