Most of us have some kind of shady spots around our homes and gardens. A few garden pots filled with lush and colorful plantings can really brighten up these shade area and add splashes of happiness.
There are many beautiful and easy to care for plants that thrive in the shade. Some have striking and showy foliage, some have beautiful and fragrant flowers.
Let’s look at 16 gorgeous shade garden pots. I made a plant list for each one of them so you can take it and go shopping!
Before we start, I want to share a super cool trick! Even if you don’t have a yard, you can check out how to grow lots of these shade loving plants indoors in glass bottles and water!
Easiest way to grow beautiful plants indoors in glass bottles and water!
Now let’s look at our 16 colorful shade garden pots!
1 & 2. Beautiful foliage with all kinds of shapes and colors
Recipe 1: Start from top right – Coleus ‘Sedona’, Heuchera ‘Spellbound’, ‘Gartenmeister’ Fuchsia, Oxalis ‘Iron Cross’, Golden Feverfew, Fuchsia ‘Autumnale’, Setcreasea pallida ‘Purple Heart’, Lobelia ‘Techno Blue ’
Recipe 2: Zantedeschia aethiopica / Calla Liliy, Alocasia lutea, Caladium ‘Sweetheart’, Adiantum tenerum / Maidenhair Fern ( Source: 1 | 2 )
3 & 4. Lush green shade garden pots filled with patterns and textures
Recipe 3: Caladium ‘White Christmas’, Adiantum tenerum / Maidenhair Fern
Recipe 4: Begonia Mocca Yellow, Impatiens walleriana ‘Musica Pure White’, Adiantum tenerum / Maidenhair Fern ( Source: 3 | 4 )
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5 & 6. Tropical and exotic flair
Recipe 5: Colocasia esculenta / Diamond Head, Purple Huechera, Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’, Hedera helix ‘Variegata’ / Variegated English Ivy
Recipe 6: Diffenbachia / Leopard Lily, Caladium, Adiantum tenerum / Maidenhair Fern, Begonia “Angel Wing” ( Source: 5 | 6 )
7 & 8. The classic formula: thriller-filler-spiller
Recipe 7: Aspidistra elatior / Cast-iron plant, Nephrolepis exaltata / Boston fern, Hedera helix ‘Variegata’ / Variegated English Ivy
Recipe 8: Nephrolepis exaltata / Boston fern, Begonia ‘Silver Angel’, White Impatiens, , Hedera helix ‘Variegata’ / Variegated English Ivy ( Source: 7 | 8 ) Continue To Next Page for number 9-16…
Brittany
April 13, 2017 at 7:51 amWow I love all the green here!!! MY fiancé Is big on gardening so I want to share this with him. We are trying to bright up our yard so thank you for this!!
Dominique
April 13, 2017 at 8:47 amThanks for the planter inspiration! I can’t wait to get gardening!
Shannon Peterson
April 13, 2017 at 11:10 pmI love all the colors available in shade plants!
Mira
April 14, 2017 at 1:31 pmLove how you broke these down. I still need to get my plants this year, so thanks!
Breharne
April 15, 2017 at 1:52 amMy balcony is mostly shaded throughout the day, I will see how some of these go. Thank you!
Cameron - Diary of a Southern Millennial
April 15, 2017 at 1:39 pmLove all of these! I definitely need to check out my local nursery for some of these plants!
Winslet @ Dianabol UK
April 19, 2017 at 4:51 amWow greenery makes me feel refreshed. Nature is something which give us peace and color. My husband loves greenery and he maintains garden in our house.
Chamoise
April 22, 2017 at 7:30 amI love plants …I would like to have more plants and flowers if I could..
Thanks for this lovely post Ananda
Nd Obaidur Rahman
May 1, 2017 at 9:32 amthese are great !! thanks a lot for the plant names!
Harriett Pryor
July 11, 2017 at 5:00 amBeautiful shade plants. Can’t wait to try some of them and the indoor ones.
Jane Miles
August 13, 2017 at 2:14 amBeautiful garden! I still have so many shade spaces in my garden! Thanks
sunil sharma
October 21, 2017 at 10:43 pmVery interesting & great ideas that I am going to use in my garden, different shades of plant this year… thank you, awesome!
JO
May 14, 2018 at 9:35 amWISH I KNEW NAMES OF COLORFUL FOILAGE SHOWN UP A THE TOP. DIDNT SEE RECIPE FOR THEM
ananda
May 14, 2018 at 12:31 pmwhich number is the planter?
claudeus
June 7, 2019 at 8:32 am7 & 8 -the fern in photo 7 is not a Boston Fern & photo 8 has two ferns, one may be a Boston Fern, the other is not