Tell us your Favorite Shade Plants

By dave
January 20, 2016

We're putting together a list of the ATP members' favorite shade plants! Come on in and read how to nominate your favorites! We will later publish a final article on the top picks.

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Jan 21, 2016 4:05 PM CST
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I have never met a plant that was easier to care for than this one, and its beautiful shiny foliage really stands out in the shade.
ZZ Plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia)
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Jan 22, 2016 12:28 PM CST
Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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Oh yes! I love this plant too! Makes me look like a good gardener all the time! Hilarious! Hilarious! I especially like when it starts to grow new shoots, after doing almost nothing the rest of the year, it suddenly shows a dose of life! It is such a low maintenance plant, never worries me when I have to be away for weeks, it survives very well.
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Jan 22, 2016 8:07 PM CST
Name: Dirt
(Zone 5b)
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I so wish I could plant these outside--How cool would that be? That would mean I'd live somewhere warm in the winter Hilarious!
They are about the easiest houseplant ever, but they do get huge Blinking and impressive. I have two now, with 6+ wing spans!
No offense intended here, but we kind of have a thing for calling plants by the wrong names intentionally around my place. Since joing ATP, the ZZ was christened when my boyfriend was helping to move some plants around and he said "Where do you want this ZuZu plant?" Rolling on the floor laughing
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Jan 22, 2016 9:48 PM CST
Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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What a beautiful plant this one is! When I was still working, I kept one in a large West window, by the time I retired it filled out the window. My boss at the time took over the care, he liked it very much too. I never let it dry out and at one point raised the plant in its pot to expose a bit of the gorgeous fat roots. I wish I still had a picture.
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Feb 1, 2016 11:03 PM CST
Name: Dirt
(Zone 5b)
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Here is a funny picture I just took--new growth is always so cool on this plant!
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is it just me? or does that steer look hungry Blinking
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