North balcony - These plants also thrive in the shade

North balcony: The best plants for shady balconies

Flowers for the north balcony

Even if there is a lack of sun on the north balcony, that does not mean that it has to be colorless. Numerous flowers with very different flower colors also thrive in the shade. Here is an overview:

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German name	Botanical name	Flower color	Heyday	Light requirement
Balloon flowers	Platycodon grandiflorus	Violet to bluish, white	July to August	Shady to partially shaded
begonia	Begonia	White, orange, yellow, red, pink and others	From May to autumn	shadow
Blue daisy	Brachyscome iberidifolia	Bluish	July to September	Sunny, light shade
Busy Lizzie	Impatiens walleriana	White, red, purple, pink and others	From May to autumn	Shade or partial shade
Fuchsias	Fuchsia	Violet, pink, red	summer	Shady to partially shaded
Hydrangeas	Hydrangea	Blue, pink, red, white and others	May to July	Sunny, partial shade, shady
Loyal to men	Lobelia erinus	Blue, white, pink	June to October	Sunny to partial shade
petunia	Petunia	Almost all colors, including multi-colored	May to deep autumn	Sun or light shade
Splendid spar	Astilbe	White, pink, red and others	May to June	Lights or full of shadows
Purple bells	Heuchera	Red, pink	May to July	Light shade
Snowflake flower	Chaenostoma cordatum	White	Corn through autumn	Light shade
Vanilla flower	Heliotropium arborescens	White, purple	May until October	Sun to light shade
Forest bellflower	Campanula	Purple or white	June July	Lights to full shadows
Decorative tobacco	Nicotiana x sanderae	White, red, pink, yellow and others	May until October	Sunny to shady

Green plants and shrubs for the north balcony

If you prefer green rather than colorful on the north balcony, you can put various shrubs and beautiful green plants in pots and window boxes (€ 106.25 at Amazon *). For example:

German name	Botanical name	particularities	Location
Boxwood	Buxus sempervirens	Well tolerated by cutting	Shade to partial shade
Colored nettle	Plectranthus scutellarioides	Colorful foliage	Sun or shade
Ferns	Different depending on the type	Highly toxic	Shady
Frankincense plant (moth king)	Plectranthus coleoides	White margins of the leaves	Shady to partially shaded

Herbs and vegetables for the shady balcony

Do you want to plant tomatoes on your shady balcony? Unfortunately that won't work. But some vegetables and especially herbs get by with little light.