Welcome to our directory of annuals that do well in shade. If you want to design a garden, check out these garden design software options .
We continually update this database, so please bookmark it and check back weekly.
Photo Gallery To learn more about each item in the gallery, click the toggle button below images to learn more about that plant/flower that provides key information (and in many cases an instructional video). Ordered A to Z.
Scientific Name: Caladium bicolor
Special Characteristics: Container, Easy to grow
Hardiness Zone(s): 9 to 10
Height At Maturity: 12" to 24"
Sun: Full Shade, Partial Shade
Scientific Name: Impatiens walleriana
Flower Color: Pink, rose, red, lilac, purple, orange, white & bicolors
Special Characteristics: Container
Hardiness Zone(s): 10 to 11
Height At Maturity: 6"-24"
Sub Type: Houseplant, Groundcover
Scientific Name: Plectranthus scutellarioides
Flower Color: Light Blue White. White, Inconspicuous/none
Special Characteristics: easy to grow, container
Hardiness Zone(s): 10 - 11
Height At Maturity: 6" to 36"
Sun: Full Shade, Partial Shade
Scientific Name: Fuchsia magellanica
Flower Color: Fuchsia, Purple, white
Special Characteristics: Attracts birds and butterflies
Height At Maturity: 4' - 10'
Sun: Full shade, Partial shade
Common Name: Golden corydalis
Scientific Name: Corydalis aure
Special Characteristics: Poisonous
Common Name: New guinea impatiens
Scientific Name: Impatiens Hawker
Flower Color: orange, red, pink, white, purple and lavender
Special Characteristics: Container
Hardiness Zone(s): 10 to 12
Height At Maturity: 18" to 48"
Common Name: New guinea impatiens
Scientific Name: Impatiens Hawker
Flower Color: orange, red, pink, white, purple and lavender
Special Characteristics: Container
Hardiness Zone(s): 10 to 12
Height At Maturity: 18" to 48"
Common Name: Polka Dot Plant
Scientific Name: Hypoestes phyllostachya
Special Characteristics: Container
Hardiness Zone(s): 10 to 11
Height At Maturity: 12"-24"
Scientific Name: Begonia rex cultorum
Flower Color: Flowers not showy
Special Characteristics: Container
Hardiness Zone(s): 10 to 11
Height At Maturity: 12"-18"
Scientific Name: Plectranthus verticillatus
Special Characteristics: Container
Hardiness Zone(s): 10 to 11
Height At Maturity: 24" to 36"
Sun: Full Shade, Partial Shade
Common Name: Tuberous Begonia
Scientific Name: Begonia Tuberhybrida
Flower Color: White, yellow, orange, pink, red
Special Characteristics: Container
Hardiness Zone(s): 9 to 11
Height At Maturity: 12"-18"
Common Name: Wishbone flower
Scientific Name: Torenia Fournieri
Flower Color: yellow, pink, purple, blue and white
Special Characteristics: Container
Hardiness Zone(s): 2 to 11
Height At Maturity: 6" to 12"
Sun: Partial Shade to full shade
Common Name: Wishbone Flower
Scientific Name: Torenia fournieri
Flower Color: Pale violet and dark purple bicolor
Special Characteristics: Container
Hardiness Zone(s): 2 to 11
Height At Maturity: 6"-12"
Common Name: Yellow wood sorrel
Scientific Name: Oxalis stricta
Water: Needs Moderate Moisture
Flower Color: Yellow, white, pink, red, orange
Special Characteristics: Deer resistant
Hardiness Zone(s): 5 to 11
Height At Maturity: 0" to 12"
If you’re looking for annuals that do well in locations that get some sun and are partly shady throughout the day, you’re in the right spot.
This is our main gallery in which these are the flowers we feature.
TIP: It’s important you actually know whether a particular spot is partly shady before running out and buying a bunch of annuals (which can add up in price). The key is to monitor a particular garden throughout the day. If it gets a few hours of sun and is shady the rest of the time, that’s what you’re looking for.
For each flower listed below, we provide some key information about each so be sure to check it out. We hope this list of annuals helps with your garden planning.
