Flowering Plants That Like Shade

* Insubstantial purplish or yellow flowers in early to mid summer; more impressive are the large pods that split open to reveal clusters of scarlet or orange-red seeds that remain until midwinter; likes lime; native to western and Mediterranean Europe.

* Insubstantial purplish or yellow flowers in early to mid summer; more impressive are the large pods that split open to reveal clusters of scarlet or orange-red seeds that remain until midwinter; likes lime; native to western and Mediterranean Europe.

* A shrub with evergreen 2" x 1" shiny leaves; fragrant white flowers in April; round red fruit to 1/4"; grows well in dry shade; easy to grow; native to central and Western China, where it grows in forests and on cliffs, especially on limestone.

The quality is better from the upper stems. * Manna - a sweetish exudate is obtained from the stems by incision. A mild sweet taste, its main use is as a mild and gentle laxative, though it is also used as a sweetener in sugar-free preparations and as...

* A shrub with evergreen 2" x 1" shiny leaves; fragrant white flowers in April; round red fruit to 1/4"; grows well in dry shade; easy to grow; native to central and Western China, where it grows in forests and on cliffs, especially on limestone.

It dies to the ground in winter, but faithfully returns from the ground each spring. It is easy and fast growing, and is muchly treasured in old gardens in the south. On a recent trip to west Texas we saw a Coral Vine that must have had 50 or more butterflies...

A vigorous but manageable unusual perennial tropical vine. Large deep green heart shaped foliage is veined with silver and randomly splotched with maroon and black.

Produces large clusters of loosely double 2" pink flowers from spring to fall.A very free-blooming, disease resistant, and nearly thornless climbing rose.

The quality is better from the upper stems. * Manna - a sweetish exudate is obtained from the stems by incision. A mild sweet taste, its main use is as a mild and gentle laxative, though it is also used as a sweetener in sugar-free preparations and as...

You can grow Crossvines on large stumps or posts, sturdy trellises, along fences where they may stretch to 30' or more, as well as up walls. Almost Eden's Yellow Cross Vine produces a huge mass of 2" yellow trumpets with orange throats in early to mid...

Excellent for growing on a low fence or on a trellis. Red Cascade is reported to be somewhat deer resistant according to a Master Gardener in Bexar County, Texas. See the external info link below for more from Dr. Jerry Parson's of T A&M.

Blooming spring to fall. Intense orange, 2" daisy-like blooms with yellow centers are borne on a vigorous twining vine. An easily grown perennial vine.

The majority of tropical Pipevines, like this one, are not considered good choices for the Pipevine Swallowtail whereas the native species as well as the Fringed Dutchman's Pipevine , Aristolochia fimbriata , are considered as good hosts for these butterflies.

This is an excellent choice for difficult sites and is quite drought tolerant once well-established. Evergreen and dense. A beautiful form of the ever durable Asiatic Jasmine. An excellent ground cover for sun to shade.

Salsa Jasmine or Ogon Nishiki Asiatic Jasmine creates a fiery splash of color anywhere in the garden or spilling from containers, over walls, or even from hanging baskets. Ogon Nishiki Asiatic Jasmine was rebranded as Salsa Jasmine at one point by another...

It makes part of the undergrowth of the Mississippi river valley, and is found most frequently on rocky slopes. * The fruit is also used as a hop substitute when making beer and it is added to yeast to make it rise more quickly when making bread.

It makes part of the undergrowth of the Mississippi river valley, and is found most frequently on rocky slopes. * The fruit is also used as a hop substitute when making beer and it is added to yeast to make it rise more quickly when making bread.

It grows from 2–4ft. (50–120cm) tall. * The name distichum refers to the two types of leaves the plant carries. * The flowers are yellow–orange or orange–vermillion with the petals spotted in purple, somewhat ‘flatfaced' in appearance with irregular...

It grows from 2–4ft. (50–120cm) tall. * The name distichum refers to the two types of leaves the plant carries. * The flowers are yellow–orange or orange–vermillion with the petals spotted in purple, somewhat ‘flatfaced' in appearance with irregular...

It is named after William Kerr , who introduced the cultivar 'Pleniflora'. The scientific genus name is also used as a common name Kerria . * A decoction of the flowering shoots is used in the treatment of coughs and women's complaints.

The flowers, blue to blue violet, pea like and produced at the end of branches. Blooms, 6 to 18 inches long, late spring to early summer. Seeds are produced in pea like pods. * Perennial with characteristic palmate leaves.

* Blue, pinky-blue, lilac, or lavenderish flowers 1 1/4" wide atop 3' stems; native to meadows and grassy hills, particularly on limestone; good for wild garden; native to E. The fresh or dried flowering plant can be used, with or without the roots.

* Blue, pinky-blue, lilac, or lavenderish flowers 1 1/4" wide atop 3' stems; native to meadows and grassy hills, particularly on limestone; good for wild garden; native to E. The fresh or dried flowering plant can be used, with or without the roots.

It is named after William Kerr , who introduced the cultivar 'Pleniflora'. The scientific genus name is also used as a common name Kerria . * A decoction of the flowering shoots is used in the treatment of coughs and women's complaints.

* Stored seed should be sown as early in the year as possible and given cold stratification - it might not germinate until spring of the following year.

Sweet osmanthus is also the 'city flower' of Hangzhou , China. The very fragrant flowers are used by the Chinese to impart a pleasant aroma to tea, wine and sweet dishes such as lotus seed soup, pastries and steamed pears.

* Stored seed should be sown as early in the year as possible and given cold stratification - it might not germinate until spring of the following year.