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CCMGA Lunch & LearnNovember 3, 2021

Shade Plants from Mary McCroan’s Lunch and Learn Presentation

Understory Trees

- Dogwood
- Redbud
- Redtip Photenia
- Hawthorne
- Native blueberries
- Japanese maples
- Hollies (large-Mary Nell)
- Bottlebrush Buckeye
- Crepe Myrtle (doesn’t flower much in shade, but a nice form)
  
  Shrubs
  - Hollies (Medium-Acadiana)
  - Pieres
  - Camellias
  - Azaleas (Encores have done great)
  - Native azalea
  - Rhododendron (haven’t done well over time)
  - Cleyera
  - Hydrangea (Annebelle, Mopheads, Oakleaf)
  - Gold Dust Acuba
  - Wheelers Dwarf Pittosporum (didn’t do well over time)
  - Variegated Pittosporum (“see through” shrub in shade, but I like the color)
  - Soft Touch Mahonia (mixed, did well some spots, died others)
  - Florida Anise
  - Gardenia (doesn’t flower well in shade, but useful for screening)
  - Junipers (have done better than expected with just a couple hours sun)
  - Nadina cultivars (very slow growing in shade, not been that happy with them)
  - Indian Hawthorne (better than expected with just a couple hours sun)
  - Purple Loropetalums (not a dense plant in shade, but I like the color)
  - Abelias (less dense in shade, but flowers. I like the short, variegated ones)
  - Southern Wax Myrthle (died)
  - Awabuki Viburnum (died)
  - Winter Daphne (wonderful, short-lived, smells great in winter)
    
    Perennials
    - Evergreen Ferns (Tassel, Korean Rock, Autumn, Holly, Indian Holly)
    - Deciduous Ferns (Cinnamon, Ostrich, Leatherleaf, Rosy Maidenhair, Northern Maidenhair)
    - Hosta’s (mixed experience, do better in containers)
    - Elephant Ear Illustris
    - Rose Campion
    - Strawberry Begonia
    - Liriope and
    - Evergreen Solomon’s Seal
    - Lenten Rose
    - Purple Shamrock
    - Woodland Phlox (didn’t do great for me)
    - Garden Phlox (flowered all summer on 2 hours afternoon sun)
    - Japanese Anemone (good foliage, but few flowers in shade)
    - Turks Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus)
    - Curcumin
      
      Annuals
      - Impatience
      - Coleus
      - Caladium
      - Pansies
        
        Vines
        
        Confederate Jasmine (Star Jasmine)
        
        Ivy
        
        Creeping Jenny
        
        Ground Cover
        
        Pachysandra
        
        Ajuga
        
        Marlberry
        
        Strawberry Begonia
        
        Vinca
        
        Partridge Berry
        
        Grassy plants
        
        Mondo (black, variegated, green, silver)
        
        Lirope (green or variegated)
        
        Bulbs
        
        Tulips as annuals
        
        Favorite naturalizer -Leucojum
        
        Reliable daffodil returner-Tete A Tete