14 Beautiful Shrubs For Shade Gardens That Brighten Up Your Yard

Growing conditions: Partial shade or full sun in well-drained, consistently moist soil Size: Up to 6-feet tall Zones: 4-8 Buy It: Staghorn Sumac Oxymel ($20, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Partial shade in well-drained soil Size: 5-feet tall, 8-feet wide Zones: 5-8 Buy It: Lily-of-the-Valley Bulb Pack ($14, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Full shade to full sun in well-drained soil Size: Can vary by variety; some reach 2-to-4-feet tall, others up to 30-feet tall Zones: 4-7 Buy It: Dense Spreading Yew Shrub ($32, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Partial shade or full sun in well-drained soil Size: Varies by variety Zones: 2-9 Buy It: Shadblow Serviceberry ($17, Arbor Day Foundation) Growing Conditions: Partial shade or full sun in well-drained, consistently moist soil Size: 4-to-6-feet tall, 4-feet wide Zones: 3-9 Buy It: Ruby Spice Clethra ($45, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Partial to full shade in slightly moist, well-drained soil Size: 3-to-6-feet tall and wide Zones: 3-9 Buy It: Autumn Sunburst Azalea ($45, Lowe’s) Growing Conditions: Partial to full shade in slightly moist, well-drained soil Size: 2-to-20-feet tall Zones: 4-8 Buy It: Compact Rhododendron Shrub ($34, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Partial to full shade in well-drained soil Size: 2-to-20-feet tall, 5-to-7-feet wide Zones: 6-10 Buy It: Pink Camellia Flowering Shrub ($23, Lowe’s) Growing Conditions: Partial to full shade in well-drained soil Size: 3-to-8-feet tall and wide Zones: 4-7 Buy It: Grumpy Bigleaf Hydrangea ($18, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Partial shade in moist, well-drained soil Size: 5-to-15-feet tall and wide Zones: 4-9 Buy It: Flowering Mountain Laurel Cuttings ($15, Etsy) Growing Conditions: Partial to full shade in slightly moist, well-drained soil Size: 3-to-4-feet tall, 2-to-4-feet wide Zones: 7-9 Buy It: Daphne ‘Aureomarginata Alba’ ($46, Wayside Gardens) Growing Conditions: Partial shade to full sun in well-drained soil Size: 6-to-8-feet tall and wide Zones: 2-9 Buy It: Chinese Snowball Viburnum ($33, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Partial shade in well-drained soil Size: 6-to-8-feet tall, 4-to-6-feet wide Zones: 5-9 Buy It: Gatsby Moon Oakleaf Hydrangea ($29, The Home Depot) Growing Conditions: Partial to full shade in moist soil (can tolerate poorly drained soil) Size: 3-to-6-feet tall, 6-to-8-feet wide Zones: 4-9 Buy It: Double Flowering Kerria ($41, Garden Centerpoint)