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PlantingTree
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Evergreen Shrubs For Shade | Top 17 Choices - PlantingTree
June 29, 2022 - Explore the top choices in our online plant nursery for shade loving shrubs. The popular American Boxwood is sure to transform your home and garden. This trusted landscape standard provides year-round color, texture, and beauty. Reaching over 10 feet tall and 8 feet wide at maturity this is one of the few large boxwoods. Plant about 6 feet apart for a superb privacy screen. ... The Baby Gem Boxwood is a dwarf evergreen shrub with huge appeal.
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From House To Home
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Evergreen Shrubs For Shade (That Look Good All Year)
November 23, 2024 - Zones: 4 to 10 Light: Full Sun to Full Shade Bloom Time: Foliage only Height: 1′ to 12′ (depending on the variety) Spread: 2′ to 8′ · Boxwood (Buxus) is a slow growing shrub with small evergreen leaves that thrives in the shade or the sun.
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Evergreen plants for a narrow border in full sun in summer & partial shade rest of year
Maybe one (or more) Nandina domestica? Evergreen, lovely colourful foliage and bright red berries almost all year round. More on reddit.com
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Recommendations for evergreen shrubs in full / partial shade?

Euonymus, 'Silver Queen' is a nice variegated shrub, even in shade.

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Deep shade shrubs : r/pnwgardening
PNW Gardening is a subreddit for the wonderful gardeners here in the Pacific Northwest to come together and discuss region-specific gardening topics including lessons learned, request advice, and share successes (or failures) as we progress along our gardening journeys. More on reddit.com
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Shade suggestions for central Oklahoma (zone 7)
Woodland theme works well in shaded areas. lots of options depending on your style. Hosta, hydrangea, fuchsia, astilbe, rhodo, heuchara, fatsia, ferns. There is a shade loving clematis even. More on reddit.com
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The Spruce
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30 Best Shrubs for Shade in Your Yard
April 1, 2025 - Azaleas and rhododendrons are woody, usually evergreen shrubs. Most species of rhododendron produce beautiful spring blooms in brilliant shades. They grow in many different climates in full and dappled shade.
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Homes and Gardens
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Best shrubs for shade – inspiring options for scent, hedging and seasonal color
June 18, 2024 - These range from Aucuba japonica and some camellias, to common laurel and English yew, to name but a few. The key is to always do your research before buying a shrub for shade and check that the specific plant is a full shade loving shrub.
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Gardening Know How
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Evergreen Shrubs For Shade - Shade Loving Evergreen Shrubs | Gardening Know How
May 18, 2023 - Russian cypress (Microbiota decussata) is a hardy, low-maintenance shrub from Siberia. Full-size evergreen trees that grow in shade include:
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HGTV
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Shrubs That Thrive in the Shade | HGTV
June 5, 2024 - Happy in full sun or in part shade with protection from the afternoon sun, Japanese pieris is a broadleaf evergreen shrub that grows 4 feet to 8 feet tall. Hardy in zones 5 to 8, the plants need rich, acidic, moist soil that drains easily.
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Dengarden
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The Best Shrubs and Bushes That Grow in Partial, Dappled, or Deep-Shade Gardens - Dengarden
August 5, 2024 - Japanese holly is another of the best shade shrubs for areas of light to deep shade. It is a species of holly native to eastern China and Japan. It can also be found growing naturally in Korea and Taiwan. It’s typically grown as an ornamental plant for its dense, attractive, evergreen foliage.
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Leafy Place
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15 Small or Dwarf Evergreen Shrubs For Shade (With Pictures) - Identification
June 14, 2023 - Full shade—Usually, full-shade shrubs perform best with no more than a couple of hours of early morning to late afternoon sunlight. These shrubs are generally suited to dappled sunlight as well. The best low-growing or small shade-tolerant evergreen shrubs depend on your landscape needs.
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Garden Design
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15 Best Evergreen Shrubs for Lasting Beauty in Your Landscape | Garden Design
May 16, 2017 - Learn more about growing arborvitae shrubs and trees. Dandy Man® Purple evergreen rhododendron. Photo: Proven Winners. Zones: 3-9, depending on variety Exposure: Full sun to partial shade, depending on variety and location Mature size: 1 to 8 feet tall and wide, depending on variety Bloom time: Peak bloom generally mid-spring, some as late as July; reblooming varieties with a second flush in late summer.
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Fine Gardening
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Conifers for Shade - Fine Gardening
April 25, 2014 - Evergreens make excellent neighbors. For year-round good looks that complement almost everything, try shade-tolerant evergreens, like Emer­ald Spreader™ Japanese yew (USDA Hardiness Zones 5–7).
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Savvy Gardening
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Flowering Shrubs for Shade - Top Picks for the Yard & Garden
Regardless, both rhododendrons and azaleas are great flowering shrubs for shade. They are both attractive to early season pollinators and make beautiful statements in partial to full shade.
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Better Homes & Gardens
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22 Best Shrubs for Shade That Thrive Without Much Sun
April 9, 2025 - Aucuba, also known as gold dust plant, thrives in low-maintenance shade borders. This slow-growing, evergreen shrub has yellow-speckled foliage year-round, providing color and texture when other plants go dormant for winter.
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Creekside Nursery
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Shade-Tolerant Shrubs – Creekside Nursery, Inc
Creekside Nursery, Inc is a Proven Winners Certified Garden Center in Dallas, NC. We are both the grower and the retailer of Proven Winners annuals, while carrying a huge selection of perennials & shrubs that thrive in our Southern climate. Visit our YouTube channel 'Gardening with Creekside' ...
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Pike Nursery
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evergreen shrubs for shade flowering – Pike Nursery
3555 Koger Boulevard Suite 360 Duluth, GA 30096 · Address: 3602 Cobb Parkway Northwest Acworth, Georgia 30101
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Petitti Garden Centers
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8 Perfect Evergreen Shrubs for Shade | Petitti Garden Centers
May 13, 2025 - Commonly called Canadian Hemlock, this beautiful, conical evergreen is easily identifiable by its down-swept branches and tiny cones. They are slow-growers and tend to grow much shorter in urban landscapes than they do in larger forests. Hemlocks grow best in rich, moist, well-draining soil. This Ohio Native is found all over Northeast Ohio in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, plus various local Metroparks and forests. ... Looking for more options for the shade garden? We’ve put together a guide full of annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs that grow well in shade with options ranging from Part Shade (4-6 hours of sunlight) to Full Shade (no direct sunlight).
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Gardening Know How
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Shade Plants For Year Round Interest - Evergreen Shade Plants For Zone 9 Gardens | Gardening Know How
September 7, 2022 - – Blooming shrub (Check tag; some are deciduous.) Periwinkle (Vinca minor) – Blooming groundcover (also deep shade) Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens) – Blooming plant ... Selecting evergreen plants for deep or full shade is a difficult task, as plants receive less than two hours of sunlight per day.
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RHS
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Shade planting: shrubs | RHS Advice
November 6, 2025 - Viburnum × hilleri ‘Winton’ AGM: semi-evergreen with dark green leaves suffused bronze-red in winter. Profuse, scented, creamy-white flowers in panicles, early summer. Height 2.5m (8ft). Spread 3m (10ft). Viburnum opulus: Native to GB and Ireland. V. tinus ‘Eve Price’ AGM: (e) dark green leaves 8cm (3in) long and small white flowerheads from pink buds in late winter and early spring then dark blue-black fruit. Height 2-3m (6½-10ft). Smaller shrubs - under 1.5m (5ft) Berberis thunbergii f.
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Gardens Illustrated
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Evergreen shrubs for sun, shade and how to prune them | Gardens Illustrated
March 13, 2023 - Good for sunny positions and will thrive in shade ... Evergreen flowering shrub? Yes! ... A compact form of the silverberry with the same dark green leaves, silver on the undersides. Elaeagnus x ebbingei has a rather sprawling habit as it matures; ‘Compacta’ retains a denser, more upright habit. It may not be the showiest of shrubs, but it is one of the most versatile. It makes an excellent hedge, screen or backdrop to a border. It grows in full sun or semi-shade and is very drought and wind tolerant.
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Primrose
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The Best 20 Shrubs For Shade in the UK - Primrose Garden Club | Expert Tips, Advice & Inspiration
July 27, 2022 - If you have a garden which is consistently shaded for most of the day and you’re having difficulty deciding what the best plants are for your garden, read on for inspiration for the best shrubs for your shaded garden. A popular hardy tree or shrub known for their beautiful star shaped spring flowers and striking Autumn foliage colour. Amelanchiers are considered ornamental trees too. Producing spectacular colourful flower displays from spring to early summer, Rhododendrons are usually medium or large hardy evergreen shrubs.