Plants for Shady Areas

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Flowering:

Acanthus
Ajuga
Aquilegia (columbines)
Azaleas
Begonias
Bromeliads
Camellia japonica
Clivia
Daphne
erigeron (seaside daisy)
Eupatorium megalophyllum (blue Ageratum-like flowers)
Hoyas
Japanese anemone (Hupehensis – x hybridum)
Kalmia (cold areas)
Linum (Reinwardtia trigyna)
Jacobinias (Brazilian Plume flowers)
Liriope
Native violet
Star jasmine (trachelospermum)

Foliage:

Aucuba japonica
Leopard plant (Ligularia kaempferi ‘Aureo-maculata’)
Austromyrtus inophloia (‘Aurora’ & ‘Blushing Beauty’)
Aspidistra
Hostas (beware of cold & snails)
Irisene (red leaves)
Coleus (best for warm areas)
Fatsia
Aluminium plant (Lamium)
Monstera
Philodendrons

Ferns:

Maidenhair
Hen & chicken
Blechnums (Lomaria)
Tree ferns
Bird’s Nest
Hare’s Foot fern
Prickly rasp fern (Doodia aspera)
Elks
Stags

Berries:

Ardisia crenata

Palms:

Bamboo palms
Kentia palms
Rhapis palms