5 low-maintenance, shade-loving plants for pots that garden designers always recommend to brighten up dark corners

Plants growing in terracotta pots on a shady ledge outside a building at the Chelsea Flower Show 2024.

Shady corners of a garden can provide a headache at the best of times. When that shady spot is only suitable for containers it means two factors you need to consider, they need to be happy in pots and shade, so here are five fantastic shade-loving plants for pots to help solve that conundrum.

The aspiration is to brighten and bring color to these dark spots with glorious displays, and those in this list can thrive growing in container gardens and represent some of the best shade plants to offer interest, texture, and movement in a pot.