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

• Astilbe simplicifolia (False goat's beard)
• Astrantia major (Greater master)
• Bergenia (Elephant's ears)
• Brunnera macrophylla (Siberian bugloss)
• Convallaria majalis (Lily-of-the-valley)
• Gentiana asclepiadea (Willow gentian)
• Hemerocallis (Daylily)
• Hosta (Plantain lily)
• Kirengeshoma palmate (Kirengeshoma)
• Ligularia przewalskii (Ligularia)
• Peltiphyllum peltatum (Umbrella plant)
• Platycodon (Balloon flower)
• Persicaria bistorta 'Superba' (Snakeweed)
• Primula bulleyana (Bulley's candelabra primrose)
• Primula florindae (Himalayan cowslip)
• Primula japonica (Candelabra primrose)
• Primula pulverulenta
• Rodgersia aesculifolia (Rodgersia)
• Rodgersia pinnata (Rodgersia)
• Thalictrum (Meadow rue)
• Trillium grandiflorum (White wake robin)
• Trillium sessile (Toad shade)