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Patio Plants For Partial Shade

  • Snowbush (Breynia disticha) needs splash of sun for colorful leaves. West facing or east  facing is okay, even 2 hours sun in middle of the day.
  • Camellia (Camellia indica , Camellia japonica, and C. sasanqua.)
  • Coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides cultivars.)
  • Cyclamen
  • Cymbidium orchids (Keep in adequate sun and spread of temps for bloom, but while in bloom display them in shade.)
  • Dracaena palm (Dracaena fragrans “Lemon and Lime’)
  • Japanese spindle tree (Euonymous japonicus ‘Microphyllus’) for little formal hedges, can     take some shade inland, full sun on coast.
  • Flowering maple (Abutilon.)
  • Gold dust plant (Acuba japonica ‘Variegata’)
  • Impatiens, Ligularias, especially variegated one called “Leopard Plant”
  • Moosehorn fern, giant staghorn (Platycerium superbum)
  • Primroses (English [Primula polyanthus] fairy primrose [P. malacoides], and P. obconica.
  • Royal purple brunfelsia (Brunfelsia grandiflora ‘Royal Purple’)
  • ‘Encore’ azaleas are long blooming as are ‘Alaska’ and ‘Happy     Days’.)
  • Yesterday, today, and tomorrow (Brunfelsia pauciflora)

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