Shade plants for use in victoria
Choosing plants for shady spots in your garden
Adaptions
Shade plants are able to photosynthesise in low light conditions. Often their ability to use light at the end of the red spectrum is greater than other canopy trees which allow it to pass through.
Grasses and Tufting
Arthropodium sp.
Dianella tasmanica
Dietes robinsoniana
Iris sp.
Clivia miniata
Libertia paniculata
Liriope muscari
Ophiopogon jaburan
Low Cover
Ajuga sp.
Anemone sp.
Asparagus densiflorus ‘Myersii’
Bacopa sp.
Bergenia sp.
Cotoneaster dammeri
Dichondra repens
Helleborus sp.
Heuchera sp.
Ligularia reniformis
Microsorum diversifolia
Molineria capitulata
Ochagavia carnea
Pachysandra terminalis
Reineckia carnea
Soleirolia
Trachystemon orientalis
Viola labridorica
Medium Cover
Asplenium oblongifolium
Azalea sp.
ABartlettina sordida
Correa alba
Correa baeuerlenii
Daphne Odora
Doodia aspera
Elettaria cardamomum
Gardenia sp.
Himalayacalamus porcatus
Macrozamia communis
Magnolia sp.
Mahonia japonica
Metapanax delavayi
Michelia sp.
Monstera deliciosa
Odontonema tubaeforme
Pittosporum tobira
Plectranthus sp.
Rhaphis excelsa
Roldana petasitis
Strelitzia reginae
Strobilanthes gossypinus
Camelia sp.
Climbing
Clematis armandii
Hydrangea petiolaris
Schizophragma hydrangeoides
Trachelospermum jasminoides