Flowers in Shade
Just because you have a shady garden or balcony doesn't mean you have to go without flowers! Our selection of shade-tolerant flowering plants will be quite happy blooming in a drab spot, or in pots on a balcony that doesn't get much sunlight.
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Camellia sasanqua 'Paradise Hilda'
Hilda's a beauty! Lots of hot pink blooms for a long time in autumn-winter, on this 3m evergreen shrub. Plant it in a tub, plant it in your borders, plant it as a camellia hedge - she'll look stunning wherever you choose. Sansaqua type, so better for warmer humid gardens than the japonicas. Learn More$4.05 -
Camellia sasanqua 'Pure Silk'
Semi-double pink buds open to a pure white centre - almost like a peony. Elegant and charming evergreen hedges, feature planting, or container plants. Better than Camellia japonica in warmer locations. Our most popular Camellia. Learn More$4.05 -
Camellia sasanqua 'Setsugekka'
Classic Japanese paperwhite camellia with large wavy-petal flowers each with a golden centre. Pollinating insects love these open-style flowers, great for hedging around fruit and vegetable plots. Much better in warmer climates than japonica camellias, the sasanquas are delicately scented, evergreen, and make excellent screens and hedges. Learn More$4.05 -
Camellia sasanqua 'Weroona'
Beautiful large flowers in pink and white shades. 'Weroona' makes an ideal flowering hedge for shaded areas. Learn More$4.05 -
Eucharis - Amazon lily
Stunningly beautiful in flower (which happens through the year), lush and green otherwise, this sought-after plant makes excellent underplanting in subtropical gardens or an impressive houseplant for cooler regions.Flower image: Jan Smith via Flickr cropped to size.
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Graptophyllum - holly fuchsia
Native rainforest Holly with clusters of crimson flowers and glossy evergreen foliage in the traditional holly shape. Grows to a neat hedge. Learn More$3.35 -
Hydrangea Ayesha
Ayesha is something special. She has tiny slightly curled petals like little spoons, in mother-of-pearl shades of lilac, blush pink and powder blue. Very unusually for hydrangeas, she also has a light perfume. Learn More$4.10 -
Ixora chinensis 'Prince of Orange'
This Prince is a popular and handsome young buck, with vivid orange flowers and rich glossy foliage. Grows tall to 2m, ideal for subtropical screening hedges and feature planting. Learn More$3.60Coming Soon
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Ixora coccinea 'Flame of the Woods'
Subtropical compact hedge or shrub, also known as jungle geranium for its bright vivid colour. Very popular landscaping plant, covered in starry deep orange blooms, makes a colourful evergreen hedge to 1m. Learn More$3.60Coming Soon
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Liriope Isabella™
Lawn alternative suited to both sun and deep shade locations.
Perfect for areas which are fully shaded during winter. Cute pink flowers and dark green leaves. Learn More$4.90 -
Liriope Pink Pearl™
Petite neat variegated grass with soft pink flower spikes through summer, perfect for shady borders and dotted through sunny rockeries. Learn More$4.90 -
Matapouri Bay - Arthropodium
Tough, elegant, hardy, shade-loving, ideal for underplanting even in dry spots. Wide blue-green leaves create a lush tropical effect. Well suited to most climates once established. Also known as New Zealand rock lily, the small starry white flowers in summer add extra appeal.
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Pandorea jasminoides 'Dark Pink'
Rambling evergreen climber with clusters of deep pink flowers, beautiful left to climb over an archway, trellis or pergola. Learn More$3.50 -
Spathiphyllum 'Starlight' - peace lily
Peace lilies can clean the air in your home of harmful chemicals - making them an excellent choice for interior planting, desk plants, and houseplants. Lush free-flowering tropical plant with glossy narrow undulating leaves and slender white flowers, suited to shaded spots in a frost free garden. Learn More$5.15 -
Spathiphyllum Sensation Little - peace lily
Breathe cleaner air with a peace lily they soak up harmful chemicals making them a great choice for homes and offices. Sensation is the biggest peace lily to 2m - luckily this 'Sensation Little' version at 70cm is much more compact and easier to site! Big broad rounded deep green leaves, white sail-like flowers, happy in shade.image: Forest & Kim Starr via Flickr
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Tibouchina 'Lilac Time'
Slim privacy hedge for frost free areas, covered in large lilac-pink flowers and rose-red buds spring through summer. A versatile height for feature shrubs, hedging, large container planting. Learn More$5.45 -
Tillandsia cyanea - air plant
Wow! We expect these to fly out of the nursery as they are super-easy to look after and super-amazing in flower. Have fun displaying these in terrariums, pots, kokedamas, hanging baskets or tied to a piece of wood. Learn More$6.60 -
Viola Baby Blue
Like the native violet but want more blue? This one's for you! Mini-pansy flowers in a soft lavender-sky, dainty dark green leaves, great groundcover for deep shade. Less spreading than the bicolour version, ideal for between pavers. Learn More$3.50
