Heavy shade

Trees and shrubs recommended for heavy shade. Some of these plants are also good for ground cover.

• Azallas
• Arundinaria- Most varieties
• Aucuba Japonica - Spotted Laurel
• Arundinaria Vagans
• Buxus Sempervirens
• Sasa Tessellata
• Camellia Japonica
• Sasa Veitchii
• Cornus Canadensis - Dogwood
• Phyllostachys
• Elaeagnus - Evergreen
• Shibataea Kumasasa
• Euonymus Fortunei
• Fatshedera - Castor oil
• Gaultheria - All varieties
• Hedera Helix - Arborea
• Hypericum Calycinum
• Ilex x Aquifolium
• Leucothoe Fontanesiana
• Ligustrum - Many varieties
• Lonicera Nitida
• Potentilla Fruticosa varieties
• Mahonia Aquifolium
• Osmanthus Heterophyllus
• Pachysandra Terminalis - Ground cover
• Prunus Laurocerasus
• Rhododendron - hardy hybrids, Ponticum
• Ribes Alpinum
• Rubus Tricolour - Ground cover
• Ruscus - All varieties
• Sarcococca - All varieties
• Skimmia - All varieties
• Symphoricarpos - All varieties
• Vaccinium Vitis-idaea
• Viburnum Davidii
• Vinca - All varieties - Ground cover
• Salix - Most varieties