Some of the most beautiful gardens are shade gardens, or gardens that receive dappled light filtered through the canopy of trees. Urban gardens, like San Francisco home gardens are often surrounded by homes and buildings, creating shadows, and shade, which changes throughout the day and seasons. If this is your experience, and you live in a mild winter climate, the 25 Best in Plants for Shade and Part Shade has a number of goodies for you to consider.
3 Lovely Filler Ground Covers for Part Shade!
If you’re looking for some flowering filler ground covers that can take part shade to maybe even well I won’t say SHADE but hmm, yep, sometimes we want to push the envelope… and if you do, try the likes of Campanula poscharskyana (photo below) which is virtually pest and disease free.
Tassel Fern: Polystichum pilyblepharum
Here’s a sizable fern that grows well in USDA Zone 5 – 9. With fronds that grow 3 feet tall by 3 feet wide, Tassel fern can be grown as an accent plant, or with a community of woodland and shade plant allies.