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Flowering Plants That Thrive in the Shade 2025: Here are 11 plants to brighten up the darkest garden borders - including the Hosta

If you pick the right plants you can enjoy colour year-round in the most shaded of borders.

According to the Scottish Environmental Horticulture Growth Strategy there are over one million people in Scotland who are regular gardeners.

From communal tenement gardens to expansive private grounds, we love our borders, rockeries, lawns and patios.

It’s hugely satisfying to see a plant you’ve cared for bloom into beautiful flowers, but you need to be careful what you choose and where you place it.

Many of us have shaded areas that see little in the way of sun and - let’s face it - sometimes it feels like Scotland doesn’t get much sun generally.

Luckily there are many plants with colourful flowers that need little in the way of direct sunlight and thrive in the notoriously unpredictable Scottish climate.

Here are 11 of our favourites.

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