Shade Perennials Zone 7b

Hosta Sum and Substance does best in part to full shade and handles some direct, filtered sun. These gregarious plants bring vibrant, lively color to any shade garden. The genus was subsequently renamed in 1817 as // >

We suggest when planting your newly purchased Astilbe Snowdrift plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper. Bio-tone is a gardener's best friend and can help guarantee your success.

Hostas are a mainstay of shade gardens or woodland gardens. They can be used as an edging plant or en mass for a showy ground cover. Looks good all season. Green leaves edged in white and contrast to the shade garden! Hosta Patriot boasts strong white...

Hostas are not only known for their flowers, they also provide bright color in shade with wonderful foliage. Hosta Albomarginata has soft green leaves with white bands, making it very striking.

Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole.

Known for it's foliage and flowers, Heuchera Palace Purple is one of the coral bells that really stands out. If grown in full sun, consistent moisture is needed and soil should not be allowed to dry out.

From the lovely chartreuse foliage to the beautiful bluish purple flowers, this is a ground cover unlike any other. Few plants shine as brightly as Sweet Kate does in the shade garden.

Triangular, bi-pinnate fronds grow to as much as 2′ long. Easily grown in average, slightly acidic, medium to wet soils in part shade to full shade. Few ferns offer the seasonal color variation that Autumn Brilliance fern do.

Mass as in a group as a ground cover . Does well in containers. Effective as an edger along paths or walkways. Let this lime green superstar make your shade garden shine. This Heucheralle is a vigorous, clump-forming, compact coral bells cultivar.

The foliage of this tough heat and humidity tolerant Heuchera is golden apricot with a slight earthy green or rose tint on the newer leaves. This shade perennial is a great addition to your yard or landscape.

Hellebore Ivory Prince is a complex hybrid whose parents are unknown. Flowers bloom in a large variety of colors, including various shades and tints of white, pink, red, purple, and yellow, and sometimes have inside spotting.

Flower colors range from pure white to red to near black. They are noted for producing single, cup-shaped flowers (typically 2-3” diameter) with five showy, usually overlapping petals (technically sepals), but sometimes come in a double flowered form.

Meaning injures/destroys in reference to the plant's toxic leaves, stems and roots which are poisonous to humans if ingested. Cut back flowering stems after bloom to promote new foliage growth.

Parentage determines the best culture including optimum sun exposure. Flowers of hybrid plants are also available in a variety of different colors including various shades of white, pink, coral or red.

Purple Dragon forms a spreading patch of small silver leaves with a green edge. Clusters of purple flowers appear and spring and continue off and on through fall. Makes a great ground cover for shade.

Are commonly called bleeding heart because protruding inner petals, more obvious in some species than others, purportedly appear to form a drop of blood at the bottom of each heart-shaped flower.

Neither of these ideas are true. Many people think that ferns are difficult to grow, or that they can only be grown in damp and shady places. Synonymous with ) is a magnificent glossy evergreen that brings beauty to the home or garden.

Remember that it goes dormant in mid-summer. It prefers no direct sun—a delight for shade gardeners—and blooms happily in April and May. One of the oldest perennials in cultivation, Bleeding Hearts produce graceful arches of heart-shaped flowers that...

Slow-release fertilizer can help prevent rapid soft growth that is vulnerable to diseases and insects. Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after.

We recommend feeding your Heuchera Fire Alarm in the very early spring and again in mid summer after all new growth has hardened off and it begins to set flower buds. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the...

We recommend feeding your Heuchera Autumn Bride in the very early spring and again in mid summer after all new growth has hardened off and it begins to set flower buds. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide...

Leaves, stems and roots are poisonous. Blooms in late winter (sometimes when snow is still present) and continues into spring, with a long, 8-10 week bloom period. Palmate, serrate, leathery, 8-16″ wide, glossy, basal, dark green leaves (7-9 leaflets)...

A North American native wildflower, this grows well under shrubs and at the edge of woodland gardens. Plant with early blooming woodland flowers for season-long interest. A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown...

That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line of the plant in the pot. Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush of beautiful flowers.

Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil, much easier than if you used solely the existing soil which more times than not will be hard and compacted.

The 1¼” wide pink to magenta flowers are delicately colored and veined. Foliage may yellow in hot summers if soil is allowed to dry out. The 1¼” wide pink flowers are delicately colored and veined.

Some plants only require a little shade while others need more.If you can provide shade for part of the day, or if you have a planting location in dappled shade under a deciduous tree, selecting shade tolerant perennials for zone 8 is relatively easy.