Plants for Shade

Calathea's boldly patterned, painterly leaves make it a living work of art - a humidity-loving, pet-safe plant for medium-light rooms.Calathea is a striking tropical houseplant known for boldly patterned leaves that fold up at night. It loves warmth, humidity, and indirect light, rewarding attentive...

A fall-blooming evergreen shrub that's a cornerstone of the Southern garden.Sasanqua Camellia flowers in fall and early winter with rose-like blooms on a glossy evergreen shrub - perfect for Alabama hedges, borders, and foundations. Offered in 1-Gallon Pot and 3-Gallon Pot, shipped well-rooted from...

Practically indestructible - thrives in deep shade and neglect where nothing else will.The Cast Iron Plant earns its name: it handles low light, dry air, and irregular watering with ease. Pet-safe and perfect for tough corners. Offered in 6" Pot and 10" Pot, shipped...

Colorful, forgiving foliage that thrives in low light - one of the easiest houseplants you can own.Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema) brings patterned green, silver, and pink foliage to any room and shrugs off low light and missed waterings. A retail best-seller for good reason. Offered...

Coral honeysuckle covers a mailbox or fence in scarlet trumpet flowers that hummingbirds visit from spring through frost, without ever taking over.This is our well-behaved native honeysuckle, not the aggressive Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) that smothers Alabama woodlands - coral honeysuckle is a modest...

Chartreuse trails that spill out of a container and root wherever they land.Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' is the golden spiller you see cascading over the edge of every good mixed planter, and it works just as hard as a groundcover in a damp, part-shaded spot....

Big, boldly variegated leaves that bring instant fullness to a room - and it's genuinely easy.Dieffenbachia (Dumb Cane) grows lush, cream-and-green foliage quickly and tolerates average indoor light. A classic, affordable floor plant. Offered in 4" Pot and 6" Pot, shipped well-rooted from our...

Dracaena is an architectural, low-maintenance houseplant with sword-like variegated foliage that tolerates a wide range of light and neglect.Dracaena is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered in 4" and 6" pots,...

Our farm-fresh endive / escarole - crisp, pleasantly bitter chicory greens - is grown without synthetic pesticides in Lineville, Alabama and harvested at its peak.Our farm-fresh endive / escarole is grown without synthetic pesticides in Lineville, Alabama and harvested at peak flavor. A fresh,...

Cut broad, pleasantly bitter heads for salads and soups in about two months, mellowest when they finish in cool fall weather.These chicories bolt fast in Alabama heat, so they are worth growing mainly as a fall crop that matures in October and November when...

The trailing classic - happy in a hanging basket, a shelf, or trained up a small frame.English Ivy (Hedera helix) is the houseplant that forgives a cool room and a forgotten watering. Lobed leaves on long trailing stems, available in solid green and variegated...

The Flowering Dogwood is a beloved Southern ornamental, blanketed in white or pink spring blooms and rich red fall foliage.The flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) is a native ornamental tree famous for its spring bracts and red fall color. A four-season beauty and wildlife favorite,...

Frosted white tips on lacy green - a charming holiday-season houseplant (not a true fern).The Frosty Fern (a spikemoss) has lacy foliage tipped in creamy white, like a dusting of snow - a festive, easy tabletop plant for the holidays. Grower-direct from Wade Greens....

Dangling two-tone blooms that hummingbirds find within a day of hanging the basket.Fuchsia is the plant for the shady spot nothing else will flower in. Slender stems carry pendant flowers shaped like small lanterns, usually a skirt of one color over a tube of...

Gardenias produce creamy white blooms whose fragrance carries across an entire porch, set against thick, glossy evergreen leaves year-round.Gardenia is the signature fragrant shrub of the Deep South, flowering heavily in late spring with scattered rebloom through summer on many varieties. It wants acidic...

Our farm-fresh ginger - aromatic, spicy fresh rhizome - is grown without synthetic pesticides in Lineville, Alabama and harvested at its peak.Fresh ginger root brings warm, spicy heat to teas, stir-fries, and baking. We grow ours without synthetic pesticides in Lineville, Alabama and pick...

Dig tender, pink-tipped baby ginger in late fall, roughly eight months after planting, with a flavor no grocery rhizome matches.Ginger is supplied as a seed rhizome rather than a seedling, and it is grown here as a warm-season annual because it cannot survive an...

Golden Pothos is the go-to beginner houseplant - a vigorous, heart-leaved vine with golden variegation that grows happily almost anywhere indoors.Pothos is the classic trailing houseplant - fast-growing, forgiving, and beautiful cascading from a shelf or climbing a pole. It thrives in low to...

Hawaiian Pothos produces big, glossy green leaves streaked with golden variegation, growing lush and dramatic as it climbs a moss pole or spills from a basket.Hawaiian Pothos is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready...

An evergreen perennial that blooms in the cold months - premium, deer-proof shade color.Hellebores (Lenten Rose) open nodding, long-lasting blooms from late fall through winter in shady spots, with handsome evergreen foliage the rest of the year. Offered in 4" Pot and 1-Gallon Pot,...