Vines That Can Grow in Full Shade

Below you will find a list of Vines from our plant database that can grow in deep shade. If you click on any of the photos, you will see a Virtual Plant Tag that may contain plant descriptions, usage suggestions and a link to where you can buy that plant.

Uses for these vines vary by variety, and may thrive in full shade, partial shade or even full sun. Flowering vines that flourish in shady areas may do equally well in wet soil, average moisture or dry conditions.  The vines can be grown on trellises and pergolas, around patios and decks, under trees, and directly on walls.

Many plants with variegated leaves lose the richness of the variegation in the shade.  A great example of a popular vine that holds the bright contrast of green and white on its leaves is Variegated Japanese Star Jasmine or Trachelospermum asiaticum.  This Jasmine will tolerate a wide range of shade and soil moisture for everything except full sun.

Some of the vines for shady conditions are native plants which frequently helps the plants have more natural disease resistance, be more insect resistant and salt tolerant. Many of these vines are successfully used in stressful urban settings.  A widely used low-maintenance native vine is Virginia Creeper or Parthenocissus quinquefolia.  Interestingly, Boston Ivy or Parthenocissus tricuspidata isn't native. This Ivy is from Japan but got the common name for its toughness in blanketing the walls of many old homes and buildings in Massachusetts and New England with the rugged weather conditions there.  A much less well-known native plant for dark areas that also tolerates a wide range of conditions is Carolina Moonseed also known as Coral Bells, Snailseed or Cocculus carolinus.  It ranges naturally from the hot, high-humidity summer of Virginia, Georgia and Florida to the cold, dry winters of Illinois all the way to the baking heat and intense winter storms of Texas. 

As you look at the thumbnail images of the climbing vines in this list, you will see that many also flower, have lovely fall or Autumn leaf colors, or beautiful fruits.  You may be surprised at the diversity in the list of these vines for the home garden, since some more often thought of as groundcovers and broadleaf evergreen shrubs.

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Growing Vines in Full Shade Alba Common Periwinkle Growing Vines in Full Shade Alba Fiveleaf Akebia
Growing Vines in Full Shade Algerian Ivy Growing Vines in Full Shade American Ivy
Growing Vines in Full Shade Annemieke' (Anna Mikkels) Fatshedera Growing Vines in Full Shade Asian Star Jasmine
Growing Vines in Full Shade atropurpurea Common Periwinkle Growing Vines in Full Shade Atrosanguinea Crossvine
Growing Vines in Full Shade Atrosanguinea Quartervine Growing Vines in Full Shade Bamboo Vine
Growing Vines in Full Shade Boston Ivy Growing Vines in Full Shade Bush Ivy
Growing Vines in Full Shade Canary Ivy Growing Vines in Full Shade Carolina Moonseed
Growing Vines in Full Shade Chinese fleecevine Growing Vines in Full Shade Chinese Hydrangea-vine
Growing Vines in Full Shade Chirimen Kadsura Growing Vines in Full Shade Climbing Fig
Growing Vines in Full Shade Climbing Hydrangea Growing Vines in Full Shade Climbing Hydrangea
(Hydrangea anomala ssp. petiolaris)
Growing Vines in Full Shade Climbing Hydrangea ssp. anomala Growing Vines in Full Shade Colchis Ivy
Growing Vines in Full Shade Coloratus Wintercreeper Euonymus Growing Vines in Full Shade Common Green-brier
Growing Vines in Full Shade Common Ivy Growing Vines in Full Shade Common Moonseed
Growing Vines in Full Shade Common Periwinkle Growing Vines in Full Shade Coral Bells
Growing Vines in Full Shade Creeping Myrtle Growing Vines in Full Shade Crossvine
Growing Vines in Full Shade Dentata-Variegata Colchis Ivy Growing Vines in Full Shade Dentata-Variegata Persian Ivy
Growing Vines in Full Shade Dutchman's Pipe Growing Vines in Full Shade Dutchman's Pipe
(Aristolochia durior)
Growing Vines in Full Shade Emerald Gaiety Wintercreeper Euonymus Growing Vines in Full Shade Emerald N Gold Wintercreeper Euonymus
Growing Vines in Full Shade English Ivy Growing Vines in Full Shade False Hydrangea
Growing Vines in Full Shade Fat Headed Lizzy Growing Vines in Full Shade Fatshedera
Growing Vines in Full Shade Fenway Park Boston Ivy Growing Vines in Full Shade Fenway Park Japanese Creeper
Growing Vines in Full Shade Five-fingered Ivy Growing Vines in Full Shade Fiveleaf Akebia
Growing Vines in Full Shade Fukurin Kadsura Growing Vines in Full Shade Horse-brier
Growing Vines in Full Shade Jackson Vine Growing Vines in Full Shade Japanese Climbing Hydrangea
Growing Vines in Full Shade Japanese Creeper Growing Vines in Full Shade Japanese honeysuckle var. chinensis
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