What are some Zone 7 shade loving plants?

This is a question that I've gotten several times over the last few months ... so I thought I'd post my response here. Our shade garden has 3 azaleas, 2 heuchera (coral bells) and two different varieties of hosta. It also has lilly-of-the-valley, which is lovely, white, and dainty in the spring as well as a hydrangea.

Enjoy!

Shade Loving Plants (filtered light (e.g. under a tree) or against a northern or eastern wall)

• Ajuga
• Astilbe (Red, white, lavender, pink)
• Aucuba (Evergreen shrub; appx. 4ft x 4ft)
• Azaleas (full shade to full sun)
• Beareded Irises (Full shade to full sun)
• Begonias
• Bleeding Heart
• Brazillian Fireworks (Porphyrocoma; Annual)
• Brunnera (most varieties will grow in zone 7)
• Camellia (large shrub growing up to 12 ft tall, but ½ as wide)
• Coleus
• Caladiums (annuals unless dug up and brought in for the winter)
• Coral Bells (Heuchera; Shade/Part Shade))
• English Primrose
• Ferns
• Forget-Me-Nots (6-8” tall w/ small blue flowers)
• Hardy Cyclamen
• Hardy PerennialLillis
• Helleborus (Lenten Rose; blooms late winter)
• Heuchera (Coral Bells)
• Hosta
• Hydrangea (can be planted in full sun to full shade in SC)
• Impatiens (annuals)
• Holly (multiple varieties)
• Hydrangeas (will grow in full shade to full sun)
• Ivy (Be sure to put this in a sunk container or get a non-invasive variety)
• Lavender (Delphinium; grows in full shade to part shade; Zone 3-7)
• Lavatera (Annual)
• Lilly-of-the-valley
• Liriope (Be sure to put this in a sunk container or get a non-invasive variety)
• Madagascar Jasmine (Stephanotis; climbing vine w/ white flowers)
• Mountain Laurel (flowering shrub)
• Pachysandra (ground cover; needs boundaries due to underground runners)
• Pittosporum (evergreen shrub or small tree; says zone 8-10, but will grow in SC in shade)
• Polka Dot Plants (hypoeses pyllostachya; annual if left outdoors; perennial if dug up in winter)
• Rhododendron (Deep shade to part sun; flowering shrub)
• Viburnum (large evergreen shrub – grows 6-12ft tall)
• Violets

Periwinkle (Vinca) will also grow in full shade, but due to its invasive nature (you can get vinca that is not as invasive), I left it off the list. If you would like invasive vinca, feel free to visit my yard :) We have lots that was planted before we arrived!