Finding plants that can grow in shady areas is just half the battle. You also want to pick plants that can lighten up the area by reflecting the limited light.
- Arum italicum subsp. italicum 'Marmoratum'
- Aucuba japonica 'Crotonifolia'
- bergenia
- busy lizzie (Impatiens): varieties with pale flowers
- Christmas box (Sarcococca)
- clematis: varieties with pale flowers such as 'Nelly Moser'
- Daphne laureola
- Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'. E. 'Emerald 'n' Gold' and 'Silver Queen'
- Fatsia japonica
- foxglove, white (Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora)
- hellebores H. foetidus and Lenten rose (H. hybridus)
- Iris foetidissima var. citrina
- ivies: with variegated leaves (Hedera colchica and H. helix varieties)
- pulmonarias
- spring bulbs including winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis), snowdrops (Galanthus) and Narcissus
- vincas: variegated varieties
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