PERENNIALS TOLERANT OF DRY SHADE

Acanthus mollis (Common Bear’s Breeches) – tender
Adonis amurensis (Amur Adonis)
Aegopodium podagraria ‘Variegatum’ (Bishop’s Weed) – very aggressive
Anemone x hybrida (Japanese Anemone) – tender
Anemone tomentosa ‘Robustissima’ (Grapeleaf Anemone)
Arum italicum (Arum Lily) – tender
Aster cordifolius / Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Heart-leaved Aster)
Aster divaricatus / Eurybia divaricata (White Wood Aster)
Aster macrophyllus / Eurybia macrophylla (Large-leaved Aster)
Bergenia (Pigsqueak)
Brunnera macrophylla (False Forget Me Not)
Calamagrostis brachytricha (Fall-blooming Reed Grass)
Carex appalachica (Appalachian Sedge)
Carex flacca (Blue Sedge)
Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania Sedge)
Carex plantaginea (Plantain-leaved Sedge)
Chasmanthium latifolium (Northern Sea Oats) – short-lived
Colchicum (Autumn Crocus)
Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley)
Cornus canadensis (Bunchberry)
Corydalis lutea (Yellow Fumewort)
Cyclamen (Hardy Cyclamen)
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Hay-scented Fern)
Deschampsia flexuosa (Crinkled Hairgrass)
Disporum (Fairy Bells)
Dryopteris filix-mas (Male Fern)
Dryopteris marginalis (Marginal Wood Fern)
Epimedium (Barrenwort)
Eranthis (Winter Aconite)
Erythronium (Fawn Lily)
Eupatorium coelestinum / Conoclinium coelestinum (Mist Flower) – tender
Eupatorium rugosum / Ageratina altissima (White Snakeroot)
Filipendula vulgaris (Dropwort)
Galanthus (Snowdrop)
Galax urceolata (Wandflower)
Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff)
Geranium macrorrhizum (Bigroot Cranesbill)
Geranium maculatum (Wild Cranesbill)
Geranium phaeum (Mourning Widow)
Helianthus strumosus (Woodland Sunflower)
Helleborus (Hellebore)
Heuchera (Coral Bell)
Hosta (Hosta)
Hystrix patula / Elymus hystrix (Bottlebrush Grass)
Iris cristata (Crested Iris)
Lamiastrum galeobdolon (Yellow Archangel)
Lamium maculatum (Spotted Dead Nettle)
Liriope (Lily Turf) – tender
Luzula nivea (Snowy Woodrush)
Lysimachia nummularia (Moneywort)
Phlox divaricata (Woodland Phlox)
Phlox stolonifera (Creeping Phlox)
Podophyllum peltatum (Mayapple)
Polygonatum (Solomon’s Seal)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern)
Pulmonaria (Lungwort)
Sagina subulata (Corsican Pearlwort)
Scutellaria ovata (Heart-leaved Skullcap)
Sedum ternatum (Crowsfoot Stonecrop)
Solidago caesia (Bluestem Goldenrod)
Symphytum grandiflorum (Large-flowered Comfrey)
Vancouveria hexandra (American Barrenwort)
Viola palmata (Early Blue Violet)
Viola pubescens (Downy Yellow Violet)
Waldsteinia / Geum (Barren Strawberry)

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