The Best Shade Loving Flowers for a Shady Garden

Learning about the best shade loving flowers for a shady garden can guarantee years of enjoyment from a shady garden spot.  With a shady garden, it can feel more challenging to select the plant life to install since many flowering plants require direct sunlight for at least a portion of each day. However, there are lesser known flowering plants that gravitate towards shady conditions and will falter in direct sunlight.  Select from amongst these popular shade loving flowers and choose the varietals that are best for your climate and preferences.


Impatiens

Impatiens have an extra long bloom season from early spring until fall. Impatiens are available in a wide variety of shades and are a great choice for massed plantings, groundcover, border or accent shrubs, and container plants in a shady garden setting.


Torenia

Torenia resembles nothing so much as an especially exotic cousin to the delicate orchid. Hummingbirds are partial to torenia and will visit its trumpet shaped blooms for frequent nectar breaks. Torenia blooms in blue, pink, white, and yellow.


Browallia

Browallia is a deep blue, white, or lavender five-petalled annual bloomer that loves the shade. It can also tolerate sun for gardens with mixed light conditions.


Primrose

Primrose is not only a lovely shade loving perennial with a long bloom cycle, but it is also an edible flower and can be safely added to salads, desserts, and cool summer drinks for a delightful surprise. Primrose is easy to grow and care for and blooms in white, yellow, red, or purple.


Columbine

The bell-shaped columbine flowers will bloom reliably in light shade in early summer and continue reblooming with deadheading of faded blooms. Columbine blooms in a variety of colors.


Begonia

Begonia is a shade-loving hardy perennial that blooms well into the fall season and can tolerate a wide range of climate conditions as long as soil stays moist.