These easy-growing hanging shade plants don’t need much light to thrive on your porch or deck.

The rest of the plants will fill in by then to keep this arrangement looking lush all season long.

Marguerite daisy thrives in full or partial sun and well-drained soil and can grow up to 18 inches tall.

hanging basket for shade with labels

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Plant in well-drained soil.

The coleus can reach just 6 inches tall or over 3 feet, depending on the pop in.

This eye-catching mounded variety adds a pop of light greenery among the surrounding dark green leaves and stems.

Argyranthemum Butterfly and Coleus Sultana

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Having just one plant with lighter leaves in thishanging basket for shademakes it stand out.

This plantcomplements the yellow margueritedaisies well and will spill over the sides of the basket.

There are also many foliage variations of New Guineas.

green coleus detail

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However, this particular variety has solid-colored dark foliage that makes the crispwhite flowersstand out.

‘Infinity White’ impatiens canthrive in part or full shadewith well-drained soil and grow up to 14 inches tall.

In this hanging basket arrangement, twoEnglish ivy’Glacier' plants on either side create dramatic trails of cream-edged leaves.

Coleus (Solenostemon ‘Versa Green Halo’)

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Lobelia erinus

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white new guinea impatiens

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english ivy Hedera helix ‘Glacier’

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