The Sun and Shade Garden in the Community Education Garden demonstrates plants that thrive in a combination of sun and shade. This list is current as of September, 2020.
Fire-resistant plants are noted with 
Trees
- Picea glauca ‘Pendula’ – weeping white spruce
- Juniperus scopulorum ‘Blue Arrow’– Blue Arrow Juniper
Shrubs
- Abelia x grandiflora ‘Kaleidoscope’- glossy abelia
- Abies balsama ‘Picolo’ – Piccolo balsam fir
- Calluna vulgaris ‘Veluwe’– Scotch heather
- Euonymus fortunei ‘Harlequin’- wintercreeper
- Ginkgo biloba ‘Mariken’ – maidenhair tree
- Hamamelis mollis ‘Pallida’ – Chinese witch hazel
- Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Peppermint’ – hydrangea
- Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ – hydrangea
- Hypericum calycinum ‘Brigadoon’- Goldeen St. John’s Wort
- Picea abies ‘Pusch’– Pusch Norway spruce
- Picea pungens ‘Waldbrunn’ – Colorado spruce
- Pieris japonica ‘Variegata’ –variegated Japanese lily of the valley
- Pieris japonica ‘Mountain Fire’ – Japanese pieris
- Pinus leucodermis (heldreichii) ‘Smidtii’ – bosnian pine
- Pinus mugo ‘Valley Cushion’ – dwarf mountain pine
- Rhamnus frangula ‘Fine Line’ – buckthorn
- Sambucus nigra ‘Eiffel 1’ – black tower elderberry
- Spiraea japonica ’Little Princess’- Japanese spirea
- Spiraea nipponica ‘Snowmound’– spirea
- Syringa hybrid ‘SMSDTL’- Little Darling lilac
- Tsuga Canadensis ‘Jeddeloh’ – Canadian hemlock
- Viburnum carlesii ‘Diana’ – Korean spice viburnum
Perennials
- Actaea x ‘Chocoholic’ – bugbane
- Ajuga reptans- common bugle
- Anenome – windflower
- Athyrium filix-femina – common lady fern
- Chrysanthemum x morifolium- garden mum
- Dianthus chinensis – pink
- Dicentra spectabilis– bleeding heart
- Epimedium – bishop’s hat
- Euphorbia characias ‘Wilcott’– silver swan euphorbia
- Helleborus – lenten rose
- Heuchera ‘Midnight Bayou’ – fancy leaf coral bells
- Heuchera ‘Midnight Rose’ – coral bells
- Hosta ‘Blue Mammoth’ – hosta
- Hosta (Tardinia Group) ‘June’ – hosta
- Hosta ‘Minuteman’ – hosta
- Lonicera japonica ‘Aureoreticulata’– golden net honeysuckle
- Nandina domestica ‘Moon Bay’ – heavenly bamboo
- Penstemon digitalis ‘Dark Towers’– beardtongue
- Salvia officinalis – Icterina golden leaf sage
- Salvia officinalis ’Purpurea’- purple sage
- Salvia officinalis ‘Tricolor’- sage
- Sedum spectabile ‘Jaws’ – stonecrop
- Sedum spectabile ‘Matrona’ – stonecrop
- Sedum spectabile ‘Neon’ – stonecrop
- Sedum telephium ‘Purple Emperor’
- Silene uniflora ‘Druett’s Variegated’- sea campion
- Tiarella ‘Dark Star’ – foam flower
Grasses
- Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’ – mondo grass
