Shade Solutions ‐ Alternatives to impatiens Shade

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Name Alternate names Uses Comments Full Foliage Flowers Perennial Annual Shade Part Alchemilla lady's mantle XXXborder May become weedy Alternanthera joseph's coat XXXcontainer, border, groundcover variety of colors and forms Anemone XXXborder, rock garden, patio some prefer full sun also tolerates full sun, wide range of flower colors including bi‐colored Aquilegia columbine XX border flowers

Astilbe XXXborder flowers in shades of white, pink, red Astrantia Masterwort X X X border, woodland garden white to maroon flowers Begonia ‐ Rex XXXborder, containers, window boxes red green and silver foliage Large showy flowers in variety of colors, may become leggy in deep Begonia ‐ tuberous XX Xborder, hanging basket, window boxes shade

Large interesting leaves with a variety of colors, shapes, and variegations. Begonia ‐ Winged XXXXbaskets, containers Flowers pink/red/white

Glossy green or reddish bronze foliage bedding, border, window boxes, also provides interest, flower color Begonia ‐wax XX Xcontainers, edging mainly pink, red or white green‐variegated heart shaped leaves, Brunnera Bugloss X X X X border, edging, woodland garden baby blue flowers tall, green or purple leaves, foot long Cimicifuga Bugbane X X X X border, backdrop white flower spikes Grown for colorful foliage ‐ many Coleus XX X bedding, border, window box, container shades and variations Corynephorus spiky blue grass XXXcontainer, edging, borders low growing

Dicentra bleeding heart XX Xwild flower garden, naturalistic areas flowers in spring/early summer Dichondra XXXcontainers, window boxes trailing habit Digitalis Foxglove X X X border tall cream to pink flowers, biennial bright yellowish flower brachts provide Euphorbia cushion spurge XXXgrouped in border additional interest Ferns XXX X naturalistic areas fine textured foliage, many types Festuca blue fescue XXXborder can tolerate light shade

Fuchsia XX Xhanging baskets, containers trailing and upright varieties available Galium sweet woodruff XX XXwoodland gardens, bedding white flowers in June‐July bedding, containers, window boxes, Geranium XXXborder can tolerate part shade German Ivy XX X container, windowboxes Glossy green vine

Japanese forest borders, woodland gardens, containers, variegated foliage colors may change Hakonechloa grass XXXXedges depending on amount of shade purple or white flowers, usually very Heliotrope XX Xborder, window boxes, containers fragrant flowers in spring and sporadically through out summer, foliage provides color and interest when plants are not Heuchera coral bells XX Xborder, edging flowering many varieties with varying green, gray and white shades of foliage, some Hosta XX Xborder, edging, rock garden variegated green leaves with mottling of pink, red Hypoestes XX X containers, border, bedding or white Grown for colorful foliage ‐ many Iresine XXXborder, container, bedding shades and variations Isolepis fiber optic grass XXXcontainers, border, edge of pond tolerates sun to shade Juncus common rush XXXedge of pond, containers tolerates light shade

dead nettle, spotted spreads easily and will fill in space given Lamium dead nettle XX Xborder, edging moist soil tall full yellow flower spikes, large dark Ligularia Ragwort X X X border, backdrop green foliage

window boxes, hanging basket, trailing and compact forms, blue, Lobelia XX XContainers, edging, bedding, border reddish‐purple or white flowers edging, window boxes, hanging baskets, tolerates light shade, flowers may be Lobularia sweet alyssum XXXrock garden, border fragrant, white, violet or pink flowers woodland garden, beds, borders, luzula snowy woodrush X XXX ground cover Clump‐forming and grasslike

Mandevilla XX Xcontainers need something to grow on like a trellis naturalistic areas, rock garden, usually blue flowers, may escape Myosotis Forget‐me‐not XXXperennial beds cultivation New Guinea containers, window boxes, hanging wide range of flower colors, can impatiens XX Xbaskets, borders tolerate full sun flower colors mainly pink, white, red, Nicotiana Flowering tobacco XXXborder, bedding can also tolerate light shade Grown for colorful foliage ‐ many shiso, beef steak shades and variations, some varieties Perilla plant XXXcontainers, beds, borders, used as herbs

flowers come in variety of colors and bedding, border, window box, forms (single, double etc), some plants Petunia XXxcontainers trail some upright, broadspreading hanging baskets, containers, window variegated leaf, use in combinations in Plectranthus swedish ivy XXXboxes sun or shade leaves green or variegated with white Polemonium Jacob's Ladder X X X X border, woodland garden and or pink, blue flowes large bright showy flowers in a variety Primula Primrose X X X bedding, border, edging of colors. pink to blue flowers, leaves variegated with white in pattern that depends on Pulmonaria Lungwort X X X X border, edging, woodland garden variety. can cause allergic rash in dogs and Rhoea oyster plant XXXcontainer, beds, borders people can also tolerate light shade, usually Salvia ‐ annual Scarlet Sage XXbedding, border bright red flower Succulent plants with upright or prostrate forms, variety of leaf and Sedum ‐ creeping creeping stonecrop X XXXrock gardens, borders, groundcover flower colors Spreading Impatiens ‐ containers, borders, beds, hanging This is a form of New Guinea impatiens Sunpatiens XXXbaskets, window box that looks very similar to I. walleriana

Grass with varying heights and large Stipa korean feather grass XXXbeds, borders feather like plumes above foliage fameflower, jewels containers, window boxes, beds and Succulent, drought tolerant plant with Talinum of opar XX Xborders pink flowers Torenia xx xborder, window boxes, containers Can tolerate full sun ground cover, border edges, mass plantings especially on slopes or flowers mainly in May and June then Vinca minor common periwinkle XXXXhillsides sporadically through out summer

border, window boxes, rock garden, variety of colors and forms, may get Viola pansy XX containers scraggly and need to be cut back