Shade Plants
Shade Plants, Shrubs, Ferns and Flowers
Gardens of the Blue Ridge is your premier source for native wildflowers, shrubs, plants, ferns and more for the shaded areas of your property. Discover quality plants and seeds shipped right to your door.
Ground Cover for Shaded Areas
Are you searching for the best ground cover plants and flowers for shaded areas? Gardens of the Blue Ridge offers a wide range of greenery and flowers that are perfect for this purpose. Shop our wide selection and receive your plants shipped to your door!
Shade-Loving Perennial Flowers & Plants
Enjoy natural beauty year after year with our incredible perennial collection. Shop a wide range of the best flowers and plants for shade, thriving in areas with little to no sunlight!
Shade Shrubs & Ferns
If you’re looking for the best option for shaded area plants, look no further! For something other than flowers or grasses, shop our shade-loving shrubs and ferns. Add texture and color to your outdoor aesthetic with the help of Gardens of the Blue Ridge
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Eurybia divaricata - White Wood Aster
in stockA late summer bloomer that will tolerate shade. It also spreads very nicely, and has white flowers with gold centers. Makes a nice show when not mu...
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Phlox divaricata - Blue Phlox
Only 6 left!A beautiful blue Phlox that grows in the shade. The blue flowers appear in the Spring and last about 3 weeks. It stays short, around 12" tall, and ...
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Claytonia virginica - Spring Beauty
Out of stockAs the name suggests this has white flowers very early in the spring, one of the first things to bloom in the spring. These are small but in time w...
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Rhododendron arborescens - Smooth Azalea
Out of stockThis is by far one of the best of the deciduous native azaleas. Has white flowers, which have the fragrance of Honeysuckle, in the summer. When thi...
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Heuchera americana - American Alumroot
in stockThis a very attractive plant with lobed heart shaped leaves that are mottled with bronze in the fall and winter. Has a greenish white flower in the...
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Kalmia latifolia - Mountain Laurel
Out of stockThis shrub is evergreen, leaves are dark green and shiny, and much smaller than that of the Rhododendron. Has numerous small pink flowers in the la...
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Caulophyllum thalictroides - Blue Cohosh
Only 8 left!A plant that is sought after in the herb business for medicinal properties. While not a real show stopper as far as the bloom goes, which is a gree...
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Polystichium acrostichoides - Christmas Fern
in stockA very hardy evergreen fern. Has thick leathery dark green leaves that are used in the florist trade. This well known fern gives your flower garden...
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Rhododendron viscosum - Swamp Azalea
Out of stockThis is commonly found in swamps, bogs and wet lowlands but can also be found at some higher elevations in the Appalachians. White to pale pink, fr...
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Penstemon smallii - Smalls Penstemon
Out of stockThis is a beautiful native plant that grows 1-2' tall in dry to moist soil in full sun to partial shade. Blooming in late June-July with a beautifu...
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Dryopteris marginalis - Leather Woodfern
Only 3 left!A dark green leathery looking fern that is evergreen. The fronds come out of the root crown in a circle and then layout somewhat. Needs soil that i...
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Osmunda claytoniana - Interrupted Fern
in stockThis one is similar to the Cinnamon Fern but will tolerate drier soils. The fertile leaflets interrupt the fronds giving it its common name. Has a ...
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Hexastylis shuttleworthi - Heartleaf, Little Brown Jug
Out of stockA desirable plant sought after for its evergreen foliage with some white variegation in it. Needs acid soil, often seen growing under pines, and ca...
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Gentiana clausa - Closed Gentian, Bottled Gentian
Out of stockThis plant has an unusual but beautiful bloom. The color is a bluish-purple, it remains closed, only opened by pollinating insects. Will tolerate ...
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Polygonatum commutatum - Great Solomon's Seal
Out of stockMake a statement in your gardens with this very unusual plant in that it’s stem comes up 2 or 3 feet then lays outward another 2 or 3 feet. Has dro...
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Sisyrinchium angustifolium - Narrow Leaf Blue Eyed Grass
Out of stockAlthough it is called a grass it is actually in the Iris family. Native to the eastern half of the US, ranging from Maine to Florida. It has beaut...
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Allium tricocum - Woodleek, Ramps
Out of stockTwo leaves emerge from the ground very early in the spring, one of the first things to appear in the woods, bearing white flowers. This plant is we...
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Chelone glabra - White Turtlehead
in stockHas opposite lanced shaped leaves that are slightly toothed and a rich dark green in color. Likes a shady wet spot, often growing along on or in cr...
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Maianthemum racemosum - False Solomon's Seal
Only 10 left!Somewhat resembles the Great Solomon' Seal but the blooms on this are out on the tips of the stem. They are white and make a red berry in the fall....
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Aplectrum hyemale - Puttyroot
Out of stockA very unusual plant in that the solitary leaf appears in fall and lasts throughout the winter. Leaf is dark green with maroon on the backside. In ...
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Dennstaedtia punctilobula - Hayscented Fern
Only 4 left!The quickest spreading fern we grow, spreads by underground runners. Will grow in sun or shade, wet or dry, a very versatile fern. Fronds are light...
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Viola pubescens - Smooth Yellow Violet
Out of stockThis pretty yellow violet has five petal flowers with non-hairy, one to three-lobed basal leaves. It is relatively tall for a violet growing 6-16” ...
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Asplenium platyneuron - Ebony Spleenwort
Out of stockA small evergreen fern. The foliage is dark green and has a shiny dark stem. Does best in shade, will tolerate fairly dry soil, also likes acid soi...
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Dryopteris intermedia - Fancy Fern, Toothed Woodfern
in stockThis fern is usually evergreen except in real cold climates. Its fronds are finely cut giving it a lacy delicate look and they are a dark green. Of...
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Astilbe biternata - False Goatsbeard
Out of stockSimilar in appearance to the Aruncus (Goats Beard), hence the common name. Puts on a beautiful show of white flowers in the Summer months with the ...
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Athyrium asplenioides - Lady Fern, Red Stem Fern
in stockThis fern has a feathery texture frond with a red stem. Grows to a height of 18-30 inches. Prefers filtered sun to shade with moist rich soil. The ...
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Maianthemum canadense - False Lily-Of-The- Valley
Out of stockGood ground cover for dry shade area. Has white flowers in the spring followed by red berries in the late summer. The leaves are somewhat heart sha...
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Thelypteris noveboracensis - New York Fern
in stockHas light green foliage, which grows from a running root system. This is a good spreading fern and will tolerate dry shade. Tends to turn brown in ...
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Rhododendron prinophyllum - Roseshell Azalea
Out of stockFormerly known as Roseum, this is called early Azalea blooming as early as April in some places in the south. Beautiful pink blooms appear at about...
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Erythronium albidum - White Trout Lily
Out of stockHas white blooms early in the spring one of the first things to bloom come spring. Has two somewhat variegated leaves, which will remain until mid-...
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Rhododendron maximum - Rosebay Rhododendron - Bagged Bareroot
Out of stockThe largest and hardiest of the Rhodo’s. It is evergreen and can reach heights of 10-25 ft Tall. Has beautiful white, sometimes tinged with pink, f...
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Uvularia sessilifolia - Little Merrybells
Only 2 left!This one has light yellow flowers and the leaves are sessile on the stem. Shade, Rich Soil, Spring, 10-18 in Tall, Zones 3-7
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Trillium recurvatum - Prairie Trillium
Only 2 left!The magenta petals of this Trillium are shaped like a lampshade surrounding a blackish light bulb. The three sepals are reflexed sharply downward. ...
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Trillium flexipes - White Trillium
Out of stockA hardy, erect Trillium with wide ovate mid-green leaves. It produces flowers with pointed incurved petals that are white with purple-tinted green ...
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Polygonatum biflorum - Small Solomon’s Seal
in stockThis is the smaller variety of Solomon’s Seal only reaching a height of 12-18 inches, as compared to the Great Solomon’s Seal which is 3-4 ft tall....
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Matteuccia struthiopteris - Ostrich Fern
Out of stockOne of our largest ferns often reaching heights of 5 feet. A very graceful tropical looking fern. The fronds get wider toward the top. Plant in a w...
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Phlox stolonifera - Creeping Phlox
Out of stockThis is a good ground cover for a moist shaded area with rich soil, must have continuously moist soil to thrive.. The leaves stay right on the grou...
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Hexastylis arifolia - Little Brown Jug
in stockThe beautiful evergreen heart shaped leaves is what makes this plant so popular. The common name comes from the bloom shape and color. It has a sma...
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Viola canadensis - Canada Violet
Out of stockThis is one of the tallest Violets reaching 18 inches tall. Has white flowers with purple veins and the leaves are heart shaped. This is a great sp...
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Xerophyllum asphodeloides - Turkey’s Beard
Out of stockEvergreen grass like basal foliage with a tall stem reaching 4-5 ft tall with a ball of white flowers on top. This plant requires acid soil with a ...
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Athyrium thelypterioides - Male Fern
Only 10 left!This is a medium to tall fern, can reach heights up to 3 feet tall. The fronds are a light green color and 8 inches wide at the widest point. This ...
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Scutellaria ovata - Heart-leaved Skullcap
Out of stockA great plant for a dry semi-shade to shady site. The foliage has a pretty purple appearance in the spring and early summer. During the summer the ...
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Rhododendron colemanii - Red Hills Azalea
Out of stockFlowers white or pink, fragrant, mid season blooms. 3-6 feet tall. Cold hardy to -5 degrees.
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Sanguinaria canadensis - Bloodroot
Out of stockOne of the first flowers to bloom in the spring. Has a white flower standing above its unfurled leaves, which looks maroon in color at this point. ...
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Rudbeckia laciniata - Green Headed Coneflower
in stockA nice tall yellow flower to put in a moist to wet area with semi-shade exposure. You don't find many bright yellow flowers for the shade but thi...
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Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive Fern
in stockThis is a coarse looking fern with broad light green leaves. Grows in wet soils and will take sun or shade. Once established it will spread slowly ...
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Calycanthus floridus - Sweetshrub, Bubby Bush
Out of stockAn old time favorite with fragrant maroon flowers in the late spring to early summer. Has large dark shiny green leaves, which make this an attract...
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Carex appalachia - Appalachian Sedge
in stockThis is excellent sedge to use as a ground cover for dry shade. It will reach a height of about 12 inches and has very fine texture foliage, and fo...
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