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PLANTS FOR DRYSHADE
The following plants perform well in dry shade. They can tolerate dim, dry conditions under tall trees or hedges or under eaves next to north-facing walls, or they can compete effectively with tree roots.

Before planting in dry shade, it is a good idea to improve the soil's water-holding capacity by adding organic matter such as compost, leaf mold, etc. Don't expect lush growth or appearance. Though most of the plants tolerate dry shade, they will not necessarily thrive, and will probably flower and fruit more sparingly.

GROUNDCOVERS
Common Name Bramble Creeping St. Johnswort, Aaron's Beard Dwarf periwinkle English Ivy Japanese Spurge Lamb's Ears Mexican Daisy, Santa Barbara Daisy Periwinkle Snow-in-Summer Sweet Violet Viola Winter-blooming Bergenia Back to Top	Botanical Name Rubus calycinoides Hypericum calycinum Vinca minor Hedera helix Pachysandra terminalis Stachys byzantina Erigeron karvinskianus Vinca major Cerastium tomentosum Viola odorata Viola labradorica Bergenia crassifolia
BULBS
Common Name Belladonna Lily, Naked Lady Crested Iris Cyclamen Daffodil Freesia Lily-of-the-Valley Spring Star Flower Back to Top	Botanical Name Amaryllis belladonna Iris japonica Cyclamen hederifolium Narcissus Freesia Convallaria majalis Ipheion uniflorum
PERENNIALS
Common Name Aloe Bellflower Bellflower Blue Fescue California Fuchsia, Hummingbird Flower Cast Iron Plant Common Foxglove Corsican Hellebore Cranesbill Geranium Creeping Lily Turf Crete Dittany Daylily Dusty Miller, Silver Lace Dwarf Plumbago Epimedium Eucomis Eurphorbia Fairy Wand Foam Flower, Sugar-Scoop Fortnight Lily, African Iris Gladwin Iris Hellebore Inside-Out Flower Island Alum Root Italian Arum Japanese Anemone Knotweed Lenten Rose Libertia formosa Lily-of-the-Nile Maiden's Wreath Maiden's Wreath Monkey Flower Peruvian Lily Peruvian Lily Peruvian Lily Red-Hot Poker, Poker Plant, Torch-Lily Redwood Sorrel Oregon Oxalis Society Garlic Statice, Sea Lavender Stonecrop Stonecrop Stonecrop Trailing Mallow Back to Top	Botanical Name Aloe Campanula latifolia Campanula primulifolia Festuca ovina glauca Zauschneria californica Aspidistra elatior Digitalis purpurea Helleborus argutifolius Geranium macrorrhizum, G. palmatum Liriope spicata Origanum dictamnus Hemerocallis Chrysanthemum ptarmicifolum Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Epimedium Eucomis Euphorbia sp. Dierama Tiarella Dietes vegeta Iris foetidissima Helleborus foetidus Vancouveria planipetala Heuchera maxima Arum italicum Anemone x hybrida Polygonum capitatum Helleborus orientalis Libertia formosa Agapanthus orientalis Francoa ramosa Francoa sonchifolia Mimulus (Diplacus) hybrids Alstroemeria ligtu Alstroemeria pulchella Alstroemeria aurantiaca Kniphofia uvaria Oxalis oregana Tulbaghia violacea Limonium latifolium Sedum spathulifolium Sedum spectabile Sedum spurium Modiolastrum lateritum
FERNS
Common Name Giant Chain Fern Licorice Fern Sword Fern Wood Fern Back to Top	Botanical Name Woodwardia fimbriata Polypodium glycyrrhiza (vulgare occidentale) Polystichum munitum Dryopteris
VINES
Common Name Boston Ivy English Ivy Japanese Honeysuckle Lilac Vine "Happy Wanderer" Back to Top	Botanical Name Parthenocissus tricuspidata Hedera helix Lonicera japonica Hardenbergia violacea
SHRUBS
Common Name (Same as botanical) (Same as botanical) (Same as botanical) "Louis Edmunds" Manzanita Australian Fuchsia Australian Fuchsia - "Dusky Bells" Boxwood Butcher's Broom Butcher's Broom Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac California Holly Grape California Privet Catalina Perfume, Evergreen Currant Chinese Holly Coast Silktassel Common Snowberry Coral Snowberry, Indian Currant Cotoneaster Cream Bush, Ocean Spray Darwin Barberry English Holly, Christmas Holly Escallonia Evergreen Huckleberry False Spiraea Filbert, Hazelnut Flowering Maple, Chinese Bellflower Flowering Maple, Chinese Bellflower Flowering Quince Forsynthia Fort Bragg Manzanita Heavenly Bamboo, Sacred Bamboo Hollyleaf Cherry India Hawthorn Island Bush Poppy Italian Buckthorn Japanese Aucuba Japanese Barberry Japanese Privet, Wax-Leaf Privet Mock Orange Oregon Grape Pacific Wax Myrtle Russian Olive Smoke Tree Sweet Sarcococca True Myrtle Western Redbud Wild Lilac - "Blue Blossom" Wild Lilac - "Carmel Creeper" Winter Daphne Yaupon Back to Top	Botanical Name Euonymus fortunei Kerria japonica Pittosporum tobira Archtostaphylos bakeri "Louis Edmunds" Correa reflexa Correa "Dusky Bells" Buxus Ruscus aculeatus Ruscus hypoglossum Buddleia davidii Mahonia pinnata Ligustrum ovalifolium Ribes viburnifolium Ilex cornuta Garrya elliptica Symphoricarpus albus laevigatus Symphoricarpus orbiculatus Cotoneaster Holodiscus discolor Berberis darwinii Ilex aquifolium Escallonia Vaccinium ovatum Sorbaria sorbifolia Corylus Abutilon megapotamicum Abutilon hybridum Chaenomeles Forsythia x intermedia Arctostaphylos nummularia Nandina domestica Prunus ilicifolia Rhaphiolepis indica Dendromecon harfordii Rhamnus alaternus Aucuba japonica Berberis thunbergii Ligustrum japonicum Philadelphus virginalis Mahonia aquifolium Myrica californica Elaeagnus angustifolia Cotinus coggygria Sarcococca ruscifolia Myrtus communis Cercis occidentalis Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis Daphne odora Ilex vomitoria
TREES
Common Name Vine Maple California Buckeye Arbutus Strawberry Tree Boxleaf Azara Bottle Tree Maidenhair Tree Chinese Flame Tree Sweet Bay, Grecian Laurel Tanbark Oak Fruitless Mulberry Sour Gum, Tupelo, Pepperidge Scotch Pine Long-leafed Yellow-wood Yew Pine Back to Top	Botanical Name Acer circinatum Aesculus californica Arbutus andrachne Arbutus unedo Azara microphylla Brachychiton populneus Ginkgo biloba Koelreuteria bipinnata Laurus nobilis Lithocarpus desniflorus Morus alba "Fruitless" Nyssa sylvatica Pinus sylvestris Podocarpus henkelii Podocarpus macrophyllu
Sources: Coate, B. Water Conserving Plants & Landscapes for the Bay Area. East Bay Municipal Utility District, 1990. Ferguson, Nicola. Right Plant, Right Place. New York: Summit Books, 1984. Gardening With Shade. Menlo Park, CA: Lane Publishing Co. Hagen, B., Coate, B., & Oldham, K. Compatible Plants Under and Around Oaks. Sacramento: California Oak Foundation, 1991. Lane Publishing Company. Gardening With Shade. Menlo Park, CA. Oldbrich, Marshall. Plants for Dry Shade. Berkeley, CA: Spring 1983. Perry, Bob. Landscape Plants for Western Regions. Claremont, CA: Land Design Publishing, 1992. Plants for Dry Shade. Berkeley Horticulture Nursery. 11 May 1999 Sunset Publishing Corporation. Western Garden Book. Menlo Park, CA: 1995. Taylor's Guide to Water-Saving Gardening. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1990 Thomas, Graham Stuart. Perennial Garden Plants, 3rd edition. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.

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