Shade Loving Perennials
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
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Latin Name
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Bugbane
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Actaea
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Lady’s Mantle
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Alchemilla mollis
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Snowdrop Anemone
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Anemone sylvestris
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Japanese Windflower
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Anemone
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Columbine
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Aquilegia
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Jack-in-the-Pulpit
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Arisaema triphyllum
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Goatsbeard
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Aruncus
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Canadian Wild Ginger
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Asarum canadense
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False Spirea
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Astilbe
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Heartleaf Bergenia
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Bergenia cordifolia
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Siberian Bugloss
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Brunnera macrophylla
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Turtlehead
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Chelone glabra
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Lily-of-the-Valley
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Convallaria majalis
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Yellow Bleeding Heart
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Corydalis lutea
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Bleeding Heart
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Dicentra
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Foxglove
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Digitalis
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Shooting Star
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Dodecatheon meadia
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Chocolate Snakeroot
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Eupatorium r. ‘Chocolate’
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Lady Fern
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Alhyrium filix-femina
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Japanese Painted Fern
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Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’
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Autumn Fern
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Dryopteris erythrosora
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Ostrich Fern
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Matteuccia struthiopteris
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Christmas Fern
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Polystichum acrostichoides
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Japanese Tassel Fern
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Polustichum polyblepharum
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Sweet Woodruff
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Galium oderatum
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Variegated Forest Grass
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Hakonechloa m. ‘Aureola’
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Lenten Rose
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Helleborus
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Coral Bells
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Heuchera
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Plantain Lily
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Hosta
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Ligularia
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Ligularia
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Virginia Bluebells
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Mertensia virginica
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Japanese Spurge
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Pachysandra terminalis
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Woodland Phlox
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Phlox divaricata
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Mayapple
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Podophyllum peltatum
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Jacob’s Ladder
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Polemonium
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Variegated Solomon’s Seal
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Polygonatum ‘Variegatum’
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Lungwort
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Pulmonaria
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Meadow Rue
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Thalictrum
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Foam Flower
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Tiarella
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Toad Lily
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Tricyrtis
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Great White Trillium
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Trillium grandiflorum
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Periwinkle
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Vinca minor
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