Shrubs for either Sun or Partial Shade |
This is a good list to have at hand as the landscape matures from a new planting to one that has large shrubs and trees that have blocked out part, if not all of the light. Some shrubs are not particularly choosey about their exposure to sunlight or their livability in shade. This characteristic allows you to repeat textures or plants throughout a landscape design, and gives the landscape a longevity that is often shortened when you use shrubs only adapted to sunlight. Here are a few to try. |
| Name |
Zone |
| Common |
Botanical |
PNW |
C |
LV |
LM |
DV |
| Glossy abelia |
(Abelia grandiflora 'Edward Goucher') |
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| Japanese maple |
(Acer palmatum 'Butterfly') |
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| Japanese aucuba |
(Acuba japonica) |
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| Barberry |
(Berberis thunbergii vars.) |
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| Wintergreen barberry |
(Berberis julianae) |
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| Butterfly bush |
(Buddleia davidii) |
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| Boxwood |
(Buxus sempervirens) |
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● |
● |
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| Beautyberry |
(Callicarpa bodinieri 'Profusion') |
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● |
● |
● |
| Sasanqua camellia |
(Camellia sasanqua vars.) |
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● |
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| Winter hazel |
(Corylopsis spp.) |
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● |
● |
● |
| Irish heath |
(Daboecia cantabrica vars.) |
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● |
● |
● |
| Winter daphne |
(Daphne odora) |
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● |
● |
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| Slender deutzia |
(Deutzia gracilis) |
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| Red-veined enkianthus |
(Enkianthus campanulatus) |
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● |
● |
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| Escallonia |
(Escallonia spp.) |
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● |
● |
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| Dwarf fothergilla |
(Fothergilla gardenii) |
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● |
● |
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| Coast silktassel |
(Garrya eliptica) |
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● |
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| Salal |
(Gaultheria shallon) |
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● |
● |
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| Hydrangea |
(Hydrangea spp.) |
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| Mountain laurel |
(Kalmia latifolia vars.) |
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| Japanese rose |
(Kerria japonica) |
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| Beautybush |
(Kolkwitzia amabilis) |
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| Leucothoe |
(Leucothoe spp.) |
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● |
● |
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| Mahonia |
(Mahonia spp.) |
varies |
| Nandina |
(Nandina domestica vars.) |
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● |
● |
● |
| Osmanthus |
(Osmanthus spp.) |
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● |
● |
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| Sweet mock orange |
(Philadelphus coronarius) |
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| Japanese pieris |
(Pieris spp. and vars.) |
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| Indian hawthorn |
(Raphiolepis indica vars.) |
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| Sarcococca |
(Sarcococca spp.) |
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| Skimmia |
(Skimmia japonica) |
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| Spirea |
(Spiraea spp.) |
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| Vaccinium |
(Vaccinium spp.) |
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Excerpt from The Pacific Northwest Gardener's Book of Lists
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| A sourcebook and workbook in one! More than 200 lists of plants grouped by their horticultural characteristics and users in the garden.
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