The 7 Best Shade Plants to Beautify Your Garden

This evergreen grass features flat, silver-blue leaves that maintain their color year-round, making it perfect for cold climates and decorative landscaping.

Blue Oat Grass

Known for its vibrant biennial flowers that attract pollinators like bees and butterflies, all parts of the foxglove plant are toxic, requiring caution in handling.

Foxglove

Hardy and colorful, primroses thrive in both hot and cold climates, preferring morning sun and partial to full shade conditions for optimal growth.

Primrose

Rising in popularity as an alternative to impatiens, this annual plant boasts periwinkle blue, white, and violet flowers on mounding foliage, ideal for shady baskets and containers.

Browallia

These perennial plants vary widely in size, adding texture and greenery to gardens, though they are favored by deer and rabbits, requiring consideration in wildlife-rich areas.

Hosta

This vining annual thrives equally well in sun and shade, with varieties offering foliage in shades of purple, burgundy, and chartreuse, perfect for cascading over containers.

Sweet Potato Vine

Adaptable to various conditions including full shade, begonias range from 6 inches to 3 feet tall, with some prized for their striking variegated foliage, although most are considered annuals.

Begonia