Shade Loving Perennials
Perennial Department
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If you have any questions concerning the Perennial Department please don’t hesitate to contact Elise in our Perennial Department! We will be more than happy to assist you in your gardening needs!!!
Selecting the ‘right plant for the right place’ is a key factor in growing a successful and beautiful garden. For shaded or partially shaded gardens, we have put together a list of our favorite perennials that perform exceptionally well in our Pittsburgh climate. To see these beauties in person, come into Reilly’s and our perennial associates will help you create a stunning combination that is just right for your garden.
Also see our list of Sun Loving Perennials and Deer Resistant Perennials.
| Common Name | Latin Name |
| Bugbane | Actaea |
| Lady’s Mantle | Alchemilla mollis |
| Snowdrop Anemone | Anemone sylvestris |
| Japanese Windflower | Anemone |
| Columbine | Aquilegia |
| Jack-in-the-Pulpit | Arisaema triphyllum |
| Goatsbeard | Aruncus |
| Canadian Wild Ginger | Asarum canadense |
| False Spirea | Astilbe |
| Heartleaf Bergenia | Bergenia cordifolia |
| Siberian Bugloss | Brunnera macrophylla |
| Turtlehead | Chelone glabra |
| Lily-of-the-Valley | Convallaria majalis |
| Yellow Bleeding Heart | Corydalis lutea |
| Bleeding Heart | Dicentra |
| Foxglove | Digitalis |
| Shooting Star | Dodecatheon meadia |
| Chocolate Snakeroot | Eupatorium r. ‘Chocolate’ |
| Lady Fern | Alhyrium filix-femina |
| Japanese Painted Fern | Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’ |
| Autumn Fern | Dryopteris erythrosora |
| Ostrich Fern | Matteuccia struthiopteris |
| Christmas Fern | Polystichum acrostichoides |
| Japanese Tassel Fern | Polustichum polyblepharum |
| Sweet Woodruff | Galium oderatum |
| Variegated Forest Grass | Hakonechloa m. ‘Aureola’ |
| Lenten Rose | Helleborus |
| Coral Bells | Heuchera |
| Plantain Lily | Hosta |
| Ligularia | Ligularia |
| Virginia Bluebells | Mertensia virginica |
| Japanese Spurge | Pachysandra terminalis |
| Woodland Phlox | Phlox divaricata |
| Mayapple | Podophyllum peltatum |
| Jacob’s Ladder | Polemonium |
| Variegated Solomon’s Seal | Polygonatum ‘Variegatum’ |
| Lungwort | Pulmonaria |
| Meadow Rue | Thalictrum |
| Foam Flower | Tiarella |
| Toad Lily | Tricyrtis |
| Great White Trillium | Trillium grandiflorum |
| Periwinkle | Vinca minor |