Trees and shrubs recommended for heavy shade. Some of these plants are also good for ground cover.

• Azallas
• Arundinaria- Most varieties
• Aucuba Japonica – Spotted Laurel
• Arundinaria Vagans
• Buxus Sempervirens
• Sasa Tessellata
• Camellia Japonica
• Sasa Veitchii
• Cornus Canadensis – Dogwood
• Phyllostachys
• Elaeagnus – Evergreen
• Shibataea Kumasasa
• Euonymus Fortunei
• Fatshedera – Castor oil
• Gaultheria – All varieties
• Hedera Helix – Arborea
• Hypericum Calycinum
• Ilex x Aquifolium
• Leucothoe Fontanesiana
• Ligustrum – Many varieties
• Lonicera Nitida
• Potentilla Fruticosa varieties
• Mahonia Aquifolium
• Osmanthus Heterophyllus
• Pachysandra Terminalis – Ground cover
• Prunus Laurocerasus
• Rhododendron – hardy hybrids, Ponticum
• Ribes Alpinum
• Rubus Tricolour – Ground cover
• Ruscus – All varieties
• Sarcococca – All varieties
• Skimmia – All varieties
• Symphoricarpos – All varieties
• Vaccinium Vitis-idaea
• Viburnum Davidii
• Vinca – All varieties – Ground cover
• Salix – Most varieties