LONG BLOOMING PERENNIALS FOR SHADE

This list contains perennial plants that have a bloom period of at least 4 - 6 weeks and prefer a shady exposure in the garden. There are plants for average-to-dry soils and for average-to-moist soils. Whatever conditions a plant prefers, any new or newly divided plant should be provided with adequate water, moderate fertilization, and reasonable winter protection until well established, especially if planted in autumn. Even low-water use plants require watering until they become established. For more specific details about any plant, please refer to individual cultivar signs or consult one of our Swansons nursery professionals.

AVERAGE TO DRY SOILS

BEAR'S BREECHES
Acanthus
June to August

GOATS BEARD
Aruncus spp. & cultivars
May to July

HARDY CYCLAMEN
Cyclamen hederifolium, C. coum
August to October

BLEEDING HEART
Dicentra formosa, D. spectabilis
May to July

EPIMEDIUM (BARRENWORT, FAIRY WINGS)
Epimedium spp. & cultivars
February to April

BIGROOT HARDY GERANIUM
Geranium macrophyllum & cultivars
May to June

‘ROZANNE’ HARDY GERANIUM
Geranium ‘Rozanne’
May to September

LENTEN ROSE
Helleborus x hybridus and cultivars
February to April

CHRISTMAS ROSE
Helleborus niger and cultivars
December to February

HEUCHERA (CORAL BELLS)
Heuchera cultivars
May to October

HEUCHERELLA (FOAMY BELLS)
x Heucherella cultivars
June to July

LUNGWORT
Pulmonaria spp. & cultivars
February to May

AVERAGE TO MOIST SOILS

SNAKEROOT
Actaea (cimicifuga) spp. & cultivars
September to October

ASTIBLE
Astible spp. & cultivars
June to July

BEESIA
Beesia deltophylla
June to September

HARDY BEGONIA
Begonia grandis
July to September

HARDY FUCHSIA
Fuchsia magellanica & cultivars
July to frost

WINTERGREEN
Gaultheria procumbens
November to February with red berries.

TRUMPET GENTIAN
Gentiana acaulis ‘Holzmann’ & hybrids
April to May & September

DEADNETTLE
Lamium maculatum & cultivars
May to July

LIGULARIA
Ligularia spp. & cultivars
July to August

CREEPING JENNY
Lysimachia nummularia, L.num. 'Aurea’
May to August

PRIMULA ‘GREEN LACE’ Primula ‘Green Lace’
May to August

PRIMULA ‘WANDA’ Primula ‘Wanda’
March to May

ROSCOEA
Roscoea spp. & cultivars
August to October

‘EVENING STAR’ MEADOW RUE
Thalictrun ichangense ‘Evening Star’
May to August

TOADLILY
Tricyrtis spp. & cultivars
August to October

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