Use these shade and loving plants as container plants, background accents or in mixed plantings with perennials, ferns, and flowering plants. Many have large foliage and are perfect for use in tropical plantings. Some can tolerate some sun where summers are mild such as the coastal areas of Southern California, but are best where they are protected from the hot afternoon sun. Below are just a few of our most popular foliage plants for shady areas.
Aspidistra
Aucuba
Cleyera
Cut-leaf Philodendron
Dizygotheca
Hawaiian Elf Schefflera
Japanese Aralia
Myer’s Asparagus Fern
Retrofractus Fern
Sarcococca
Sprenger Asparagus Fern
Xanadu Philodendron


