Plants for Moist Shade
The following plants tolerate or more commonly thrive in moist shade, although many will also grow in full sun provided the soil is reliably moist. Plants marked with an asterisk* will grow in boggy conditions.
- Acer (all)
- Alstroemena ligtu hybrids
- Amelanchier canadensis
- Anemone x hybrida (all)
- Aster divaricatus
- Aster lateriflorus 'Horizontalis'
- Astilbe (all)
- Astilbe chinensis van pumila
- Carex pendula
- Cercidiphylum japonicum
- Cimicifuga simplex Atropurpurea Group
- Disanthus cercidifolius
- Euphorbia schillingii
- Fargesia nitida
- Fatsia japonica
- Filipendula rubra 'venusta'
- Fuchsia (all)
- Galax urceolata
- Gaultheria mucronata 'Mulberry Wine'
- Gentiana asclepiadea
- Gentiana septemfida
- Hosta (all)
- Hydrangea (all)
- Hydrangea macrophylla 'Madame Emile Mouillere'
- Hydrangea 'Preziosa'
- Impatiens New Guinea Group
- Impatiens walleriana Tempo Series
- Iris foetidissima
- Kirengeshoma palmata
- Lobelia syphilitica*
- Lobelia 'Queen Victoria'
- Lonicera (most)
- Lythrum salicana 'Feuerkerze'
- Molinia (all)
- Nicotiana langsdorffii
- Nicotiana sylvestris
- Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
- Osmunda regalis*
- Rodgersia (all)
- Rodgersia podophylla*
- Saxifraga fortunei
- Thalictrum delavayi 'Hewitt's Double
- Tricyrtis formosana
- Viburnum opulus 'Compactum'
- Viola x wittrockiana Crystal Bowl Series
- Viola 'Belmont Blue'
- Viola 'Molly Sanderson'