Ground Cover Plants for Shade

Purple Cranesbill

Geranium × magnificum

Knotted Cranesbill

Geranium nodosum

Cranesbill

Geranium macrorrhizum

The Mourning Widow

Geranium phaeum

Meadow Cranesbill

Geranium pratense

Bergenia Elephant's Ears

Bergenia spp.

Fringed Elephant's Ears

Bergenia ciliata

Epimedium

Epimedium spp.

Ajuga

Ajuga spp.

Ajuga 'Burgundy Glow'

Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow'

Bugle 'Catlin's Giant'

Ajuga reptans 'Catlin's Giant'

Omphalodes

Omphalodes spp.

Blue-Eyed Mary

Omphalodes verna

Navelwort 'Cherry Ingram'

Omphalodes cappadocica 'Cherry Ingram'

Navelwort 'Starry Eyes'

Omphalodes cappadocica 'Starry Eyes'

Brunnera

Brunnera spp.

Siberian Bugloss 'Jack Frost'

Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'

Pulmonaria

Pulmonaria spp.

Lesser Periwinkle

Vinca minor

Hosta

Hosta spp.

Coral Flower

Heuchera spp.

Tiarella

Tiarella spp.

× Heucherella

× Heucherella spp.

Japanese Painted Fern

Athyrium niponicum var. pictum

Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum spp.

Shield Ferns

Polystichum spp.

Buckler Fern

Dryopteris spp.

Spleenwort

Asplenium spp.

Knotweed

Persicaria spp.

Thalictrum aquilegifolium

Thalictrum aquilegifolium

Bleeding Heart

Lamprocapnos spp.

Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty'

Podophyllum versipelle 'Spotty Dotty'