The All Things Plants Top 25 List of Shade Garden Plants

By dave
May 3, 2014

Let's open Shade Gardens week with a list of the most active entries in our database. Among the thousands of plants that want full or mostly shade, which ones have the most pictures, comments and other details added? Let's find out!

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May 3, 2014 1:46 PM CST
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Name: Steve
Millbury, MA (Zone 5b)
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Hosta are the #1 perennial in sales in the U.S. Only one on this list and it isn't even a top 25 Hosta in the AHS popularity list. What about Hosta June or Liberty?


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May 3, 2014 3:06 PM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
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Hard to believe, isn't it!?

But a good number of Hosta cultivars did reach our Top 25 Variegated plants last month:

http://garden.org/ideas/view/d...
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May 3, 2014 11:33 PM CST
Name: Meghan
Summerville, South Carolina (Zone 8a)
I am kind of surprised that there weren't any Hellebores listed
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