What bushes grow well in partial shade?

Growing beautiful gardens in the shade is easy to do, but shade is a relative term. In the home garden or home site there can be many types of shade. The nuances of each type of shade are well known to experienced gardeners, but for newbie, it's important to learn about how shade is created, whether it's all day or just at one time of day, and the density of that shade.

This article goes into these details from the gardener's point of view so you can go out and assess exactly what kind of shade you have and how it relates to the information on a plant tag at the garden center. That is vital to selecting a plant that grows, blooms and thrives in your shaded garden.

Once you understand your shade you can start looking at some of the great shade gardener bloomers. Here are some favorites...

Abutilon hybridum Flowering Maple

Shrub Frost tender Beautiful dangling bell flowers.

Astilbe hybrids Astilbe

Perennial Cold hardy. Elegant plume flowers many colors.

Begonia semperflorens Wax Begonia

Annual bedding plant. Small Blooms red, white, pink flowers.

Heuchera hybrids Coral Bells

Perennial Fabulous Foliage Coral, pink or white blooms.

Hosta hybrids Plantain Lily

Perennial Fabulous Foliage Unique lavender blooms

Hydrangea macrophylla Mophead Hydrangea

Shrub Deciduous Huge pink or blue flowers