Outdoor Low Light Potted Plants

Lowlight outdoor plants shade.

Outdoor low light potted plants.

Hardy to zones 3 through 9. Place the pot into a non freezing cool dark location for winter. The flowers are pretty but this plant is all about color and texture. If possible periodically rotate the pot to balance the plant s exposure to light and to avoid the development of bare sides.

This is an easy to grow plant that plays well with others or looks good all by itself in a beautiful pot. Many tubers can easily overwinter in a pot. Low light or indirect light. Its light green foliage is decorated with an intriguing silver overlay for added appeal.

It looks lovely combined with fuchsia or torenia. In the warmer climates plant in dappled to full shade. Tuberous begonias will bloom all summer long in the right conditions. Available from the home depot.

During the winter mist the plants frequently to help prevent the leaf tips from turning brown. Spider plants native to tropics around the globe and the first houseplant for innumerable people probably owes its popularity to its unique growth habit and for its ease of growth as a low light houseplant the mother plant a clump of curving leaves that resemble long broad grass blades sends out long stems with baby plants at their ends. Available in dark green and variegated forms spider plant chlorophytum comosum makes a great tabletop or basket plant in low light conditions. Available wherever proven winners plants are sold or from walters gardens.

Up north give it some more sun. Appletini offers ruby red flowers on dark red stems from early to midsummer. Learn how to use ornamental grasses flowers and ferns for landscaping ideas and curb appeal. Spruce up your front yards and flower beds with these sun shy plants.

These plants have delicate shamrock shaped leaves and tubular flowers that open and close as light exposure changes. Barely water once a month. When the soil is dry to the touch. If you grow it outdoors be sure to keep it out of direct sunlight.

Green mountain boxwood buxus green mountain zones 4 9 is a slow growing shrub that unlike many other boxwoods retains a dark green color throughout the winter. For the look and maintenance level of wildflowers use baptisia to fill spaces in the garden or edible landscape. Yellows blues and purples on tall two to four feet spikes bring lots of colors. Satisfyingly easy to grow this exotic looking perennial shade plant stands out from the rest in low light garden beds.

Both perennials are hardy in zones 4 9 preferring part shade but accepting full shade. 14 98 per bare root plant. Both kinds prefer low light and well drained soil. A slow grower with a potentially wide spread at maturity the zz plant can handle low light indoors like a champ.

Plant in light shade for early spring blooms.