Ornamental Plants for Shade - Denny McKeown's Bloomin Garden Centre

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Small Shrubs

Small Shrubs	Exposure	Soil	Height	Flower	Bloom Time	Interest
Abelia x grandiflora Glossty Abelia	Sun, Part Shade	Organic	3’- 6’	White	Spring-Summer	Bronze-red fall color, butterfly plant
Clethra alnifolia ‘Hummingbird’ Hummingbird Summersweet	Sun, Part Shade	Moist, Native	2’- 3’	White	Summer	Yellow fall color
Diervilla ionicera Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle	Sun, Part Shade	Typical, Native	1’- 4’	Yellow	Summer	Woodland plant
Forsythia ‘Happy Centennial’ Happy Centennial Forsythia	Sun, Part Shade	Typical	2’- 2.5’	Yellow	Early Spring	Of the earliest blooming
Hydrangea arborescens ‘White Dome’ White Dome Wild Hydrangea	Sun, Part Shade	Typical, Native	4’- 6’	White	Summer	Big, showy flowers
Hydrangea Macrophylla Endless Summer Hydrangea	Part Shade	Organic	3’	Pink / Blue	Summer	Big, showy flowers
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ Annabelle Hydrangea	Sun, Part Shade	Typical, Native	3’- 5’	White	Summer	Big, showy flowers
Hydrangea ‘Glowing Embers’ Glowing Embers Hydrangea	Part Shade	Organic	2’- 3’	Pink / Red	Summer	Big, showy flowers
Hypericum frondosum ‘Sunburst’ Sungurst St. John’s Wart	Sun, Part Shade	Typical	3’- 4’	Yellow	Summer	Bright, showy flowers
Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ Henry’s Garnet Sweetspire	Sun, Part Shade	Typical, Native	3’- 4’	White	Spring	Nice burgundy fall color
Potentilla fruiticosa ‘Goldfinger’ Goldfinger Potentilla	Sun, Part Shade	Typical	1’- 4’	Yellow	Summer	Flowers all summer
Rhododendron ‘Karen’ Karen Azalea	Part Shade	Organic	2’- 3’	Pink	Spring	Bright, showy flowers
Rhus aromatic ‘Gro Low’ Gro Low Sumac	Sun, Part Shade	Typical, Native	2’- 3’	Yellow	Spring	Orange-red fall color
Symphori carpus ‘Hancock’ Hancock Indian Current	Sun, Part Shade	Typical, Native	1.5’- 2’	Pink	Summer	Attracts birds, pink berries in winter

Medium Shrubs

Medium Shrubs	Exposure	Soil	Height	Flower	Bloom Time	Interest
Aesculus parviflora Bottlebrush Buckeye	Shade, Part Shade	Organic, Native	8’- 12’	White	Summer	Yellow fall color
Cornus sericea ‘Silver and Gold’ Silver and Gold Yellowtwig Dogwood	Sun, Part Shade	Moist, Native	5’- 7’	White	Spring	Variegated foliage, yellow stems
Cornus sericea Redtwig Dogwood	Sun, Part Shade	Moist	6’- 10’	White	Spring	Red stems
Euonymus alatus ‘Compacta’ Compact Burning Bush ‘Rudy Haag’	Sun, Part Shade	Typical	9’- 11’			Red fall color
Forsythia ‘Meadowlark’ Meadowlark Forsythia ‘Northern Sun’	Sun, Part Shade	Typical	3’- 5’	Yellow	Early Spring	Early bloomer
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ Snow Queen Oak Leaf Hydrangea	Sun, Part Shade	Organic	4’- 6’	White-Pink	Spring-Summer	Burgundy fall color
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Unique’ Unique Hydrangea ‘Pink Diamond’	Sun, Part Shade	Organic	6’- 8’	White	Summer	Large flowers
Ilex verticillata ‘Sparkleberry’ Sparkleberry Winterberry Holly	Sun, Part Shade	Typical, Moist	6’- 12’			Red fruit in fall-winter
Kerria japonica Japanese Kerria ‘Plenifora’	Sun, Part Shade	Organic	3’- 6’	Yellow	Summer	Green stems fall-winter