What is a Perennial for Shade?
Perennials are plants that persist year after year in a garden. They may be evergreens or deciduous, with the visible parts of plants dying down each winter and new ones returning each spring from underground buds. Perennials that require part shade requires an area that receives 3 to 4 hours of direct sunlight each day in early morning or evening, but not at midday. Planting on the east or west side of a building provides this type of shade. Part shade is also the filtered light provided by shade trees that have had their lower limbs removed to provide direct sunlight for short periods as the sun shines through gaps in the foliage. Full shade is shade provided by the north side of a building or from the cover of dense evergreen trees. It takes a special plant to thrive in these conditions. Hardiness Zones Each plant listed in this guide has a hardiness rating. Although these numbers represent the cold tolerance of the plants, the higher-or southern-number will indicate which plants wi
