The following list shows some examples of shrubs that prefer to grow in moist shade:

• Aucuba
• Buxus sempervirens (Common box)
• Camellia japonica (Camellia)
• Cornus canadensis (Creeping dogwood)
• Daphne laureola (Spurge laurel)
• Euonymus fortunei (Fortune's spindle)
• Euonymus japonicus (Japanese spindle)
• Fatsia japonica (False castor oil)
• Ilex aquifolium (Holly)
• Lonicera pileata (Box honeysuckle)
• Mahonia aquifolium (Holly grape)
• Osmanthus
• Rubus tricolour (Creeping bramble)
• Sarcococca (Christmas box)
• Skimmia
• Vinca (Periwinkle)