Bring color to darker areas of your yard with these plants.
These shade annuals love darker areas of your garden.
Fuchsia
Bring elegance to your garden withfuchsias.
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These shade annuals produce gorgeous pendulous flowers,ideal for hanging baskets.
These beautiful shade flowers will also helpbring hummingbirds to your yard.
Balsam shade annuals tend to be taller and have more intricate flowers than impatiens.
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These trailing, colorful shade annuals bloom prolifically in spring andfall, almost covering themselves in flowers.
Annual lobelia is a cool-season plant that can tolerate most light conditions, including shade.
It’s a favorite of hummingbirds too!
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Oxalis varieties can also have green and purple leaves and aresometimes called shamrocksbecause of their leaf shape.
They also produce pretty pink, white, or yellow flowers.
It’s a fast grower that does well in shade or sun.
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In warm-climate areas, it may self-seed, but not to the point of being considered a pest.
Polka-Dot Plant
Add a splash of bright color to your shade garden with a polka-dot plant.
Use it in containers or as a dramatic groundcover.
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Growing Conditions:Full shade to full sun in consistently moist, well-drained soil
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