Patio Plants For Full Shade

Posted by Pat Welsh

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Clivia (with strong reflected light)
‘Aralia Ivy, Tree Ivy, Fatshedra (x Fatshedera lizei)
Ferns (Rumohra adiantiformis and others.)
Gold dust plant (Acuba japonica ‘Variegata’)
Ivy (Hedera)
Houseplants, such as grape ivy (Cissus rhombifolia) and Creeping Charlie (Plectranthus australis)
Japanese aralia (Fatsia japonica)
Mondo grass (Ophipogon japonicus) and lily turf (Liriope)—many kinds of both.
Mexican breadfruit (Monstera deliciosa)
Use art objects, fountains, baby tears, make holes in ground and cycle in potted plants while blooming, such as cymbidiums, bromeliads, chrysanthemums, crossandra (if warm.)