These plants are good for varying levels of shade. Click on the plant name (not photo) for more details on whether they like part-shade, deep-shade or both.
Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs
Acanthus mollis
Bear's breech
Aconitum
Monkshood
Ajuga
Carpet bugle
Alchemilla
Lady's-mantle
Anemone
Windflower
Anthurium
Flamingo flower
Aquilegia
Columbine
Aruncus
Goat's beard
Asarum
Wild ginger
Aspidistra elatior
Cast-Iron plant
Astilbe
False spiraea
Astrantia
Masterwort
Bletilla striata
Chinese ground orchid
Browallia
Amethyst flower
Brunnera macrophylla
Brunnera
Caladium bicolor
Fancy-leafed caladium
Campanula (some)
Bellflower
Carex
Sedge
Clivia miniata
Kaffir lily
Coleus hybridus
Coleus
Colocasia esculenta
Elephant's ear
Convallaria majalis
Lily-of-the-valley
Dicentra (most)
Bleeding heart
Digitalis
Foxglove
Doronicum
Leopard's bane
Potentilla indica
Indian mock strawberry
Hyacinthoides
Bluebells
Galium odoratum
Sweet woodruff
Gentiana
Gentian
Geranium (some)
Cranesbill
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
Japanese forest grass
Helleborus
Hellebore
Hepatica
Liverleaf
Heuchera
Coral bells
Hosta
Plantain lily
Impatiens (most)
Inula helenium
Elecampane
Iris foetidissima
Gladwin iris
Lamium maculatum
Dead nettle
Lilium
Lily
Liriope
Lily turf
Lobelia (most)
Mertensia virginica
Virginia bluebells
Milium effusum 'Aureum'
Bowles' golden grass
Mimulus hybrids
Monkey flower
Myosotis
Forget-me-not
Polygonatum
Solomon's seal
Primula
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Prunella
Self-heal 
Pulmonaria
Lungwort
Saxifraga
Saxifrage
Schizanthus pinnatus
Poor man's orchid
Senecio hybridus
Cineraria
Smilacina racemosa
False Solomon's seal
Soleirolia soleirolii
Baby's tears
Spigelia marilandica
Pinkroot, Indian pink
Thalictrum
Meadow rue
Tiarella
Foamflower
Tolmiea menziesii
Piggy-back plant
Torenia fournieri
Wishbone flower
Tricyrtis
Toad lily
Trillium
Wake Robin
Trollius
Globeflower
Viola
Viola, Pansy
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Ground covers
- X
Aegopodium podagraria
Bishop's weed - X
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
Porcelain berry - X
Clematis (some)
- X
Cornus canadensis
Bunchberry - X
Cymbalaria muralis
Kenilworth ivy - X
Fragraria chiloensis
Wild strawberry - X
Glechoma hederacea
Ground ivy 
Hedera
Ivy
Lonicera (some)
Honeysuckle- X
Mitchella repens
Partridgeberry 
Monstera deliciosa
Split-leaf philodendron- X
Pachysandra terminalis
Japanese spurge - X
Rhoicissus capensis
Evergreen grape 
Trachelospermum jasminoides
Star jasmine
Vinca
Periwinkle
Shrubs
Abutilon
Flowering maple- X
Acanthopanax sieboldianusz 'Variegatus'
Actaea
Baneberry- X
Aucuba japonica
Japanese aucuba 
Buxus
Boxwood- X
Clethra alnifolia
Summersweet 
Cycadaceae
Cycads- X
Fatsia japonica
Japanese aralia- X
Hamamelis
Witch hazel 
Ilex
Holly
Kalmia latifolia
Mountain laurel
Lindera
Spicebush- X
Nandina domestica
Heavenly bamboo - X
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Pittosporum tobira
Tobira - X
Phapis
Lady palm 
Rhododendron
Azalea- X
Ribes sanguineum
Pink winter currant - X
Ruscus
Butcher's broom - X
Sarcococca
Sweet box 
Symphoricarpos (some)
Snowberry- X
Taxus
Yew - X
Viburnum (evergreen)
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Trees
- X
Acer palmatum
Japanese maple - X
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Katsura tree - X
Cercis canadensis
Eastern redbud - X
Davidia involucrata
Dove tree - X
Laurus nobilis
Sweet bay - X
Palms (some)
