While many of these plants will take a lot of sun, some will even tolerate full sun, they will all also take heavy shade. 

This information is from the Alabama cooperative extension service and southern living garden book.   In addition to

this list we have many more plants that are very shade tolerent especially in the  perrenial section of the garden

center, but they are to numerous too mention here. 

 

Shrubs

anise shrub

aucuba varigated shrub

camelias   shrub

clethra shrub

many azaleas including (coral bells, hershey red, hino crimson, hinodegiri) shrub

boxwoods (all) shrub

burning bush shrub

heleri holly and many other hollies.   shrub

glossy abelia shrub

Oakleaf hydrangea shrub

leucothoe shrub

Osmanthus (sweet olive) shrub

Otto lukyn laurel shrub

cherry laurel shrub

viburnum tinus shrub

podocarpus shrub

winter honey suckle shrub

 nandinas any of them                                                                                                             shrub

yew                                                                                                                                         shrub

anna belle, blue bird and other hydrangeas shrub

itea (virginia sweet spire) shrub

kalmia (mountain laurel) will bloom better if recieves some light sun

kerria japonica (yellow rose of texas) shrub

 cleyera shrub

calycanthus (sweet shrub) shrub

st. john’s wort shrub/perennial

helleborus (lenten rose) evergreen perennial

bleeding heart perennial

caladium perennial

ferns perennial

hostas perennial

ajuga ground cover

japanese spurge (pachysandra) ground cover

heucher (coral bells)                                 ground cover 

mondo grass ground cover

dwarf. mondo ground cover

big blue liriope ground cover

varigated liriope ground cover

vinca minor ground cover

creeping fig vine or ground cover

virginia creeper vine or ground cover

wintercreeper eounymous vine or ground cover

trumpet creeper vine or ground cover

trumpet honey suckle vine or ground cover

climbing hydrangea vine or ground cover

carolina jasmine vine or ground cover

english ivy vine or ground cover

chinese wisteria vine

impatients annual

begonias annual

lobelia annual