These shrubs for shade add colorful flowers and foliage to low-light situations.
The best shrubs for shade will grow in those spots in your yard thatdont get much sunlight.
Abelia
Abeliais aneasy-to-grow floweringshrub ideal for foundation beds and mixed shrub borders.
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Fragrant, bell-shaped flowers appear in late spring and continue opening through fall.
The small, glossy green leaves turn purple-bronze or shades of orange in autumn.
Gold dust plant is grown for its foliage.
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It has berries and flowers, but they are small and insignificant.
These shrubs for shade thrive in locations with rich, acidic soil.
Once established, azaleas will perform for decades, particularly in the southeastern part of the United States.
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These fantastic plants come in shades of red, pink, and white; somevarieties are also fragrant.
Camellias are slow growers that prefer slightly sandy, acidic soil.
It tolerates full shade but its seedpod display is more impressive in dappled light.
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These easy-care plants also tolerate dry and wet soils, heavy shade, and hungry deer.
Reddish bronze foliage turns dark green, and some selections display burgundy fall and winter foliage.
Its foliage, which changes from shades of red to deep green, provides season-long interest.
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It prefers a rich, slightly acidic soil and makes a wonderful companion for azaleas and rhododendrons.
Mountain laurel is alsorabbit- and deer-resistant.
It thrives in light shade and develops showy panicles of creamy white flowers in early summer.
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During the winter, you’re able to enjoy oakleaf hydrangeas papery, cinnamon-color bark.
This amazing plant also cantolerate drier soilsthan other hydrangea species.
In spring, it blooms with bright yellow flowers.
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The foliage emerges with a red tint and matures to dark green in summer.
By fall, it is a purplish color before changing to a burgundy-bronze.
In early fall, the plant displays blue-black berries that resemble grape clusters.
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These beauties develop softball-size flower heads perched atop leathery green leaves.
Rhododendrons can grow up to 20 feet tall, although ground-hugging varieties are also available.
Colors include lavender, pink, white, purple, yellow, rose, and bicolor.
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Use serviceberry singly as a specimen tree or cluster several along a lot line or fence.
This easy-careshrub bursts into bloom in late summerwith spikes of richly scented white or pink flowers.
Plus, in the fall, the leaves turn bright yellow.
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This native shrub for shade tolerates wet acid soil and salt spray.
These tough andcolorful shrubsarent fussy about soil and have almost no disease problems.
Most types of viburnums produce clusters of white flowers in the spring.
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Some viburnums are evergreen, while others offer bright yellow foliage in the fall.
Viburnums come in various shapes and sizes that fit almost any landscape situation.
This undemandingshrub attracts many pollinators, including bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
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come in various shapes and sizes, and they can easily besheared into hedgesor screens.
The plants soft, dark green needles look terrific all year long.
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