Foliage Plants for Shade

Use these shade and loving plants as container plants, background accents or in mixed plantings with perennials, ferns, and flowering plants. Many have large foliage and are perfect for use in tropical plantings. Some can tolerate some sun where summers are mild such as the coastal areas of Southern California, but are best where they are protected from the hot afternoon sun. Below are just a few of our most popular foliage plants for shady areas.

• Aspidistra
• Aucuba
• Cleyera
• Cut-leaf Philodendron
• Dizygotheca
• Hawaiian Elf Schefflera
• Japanese Aralia
• Myer’s Asparagus Fern
• Retrofractus Fern
• Sarcococca
• Sprenger Asparagus Fern
• Xanadu Philodendron