Size

• The bush clover plant has slender stems and pinkish-purple blooms that grow up to 10 feet tall. Common bearberry is a groundcover, so it's much shorter at less than an inch and produces dark-red berries that thrive in full sun. The Western catalpa tree, which grows as tall as 100 feet, is shade intolerant as well and produces clusters of white flowers in the summer.
  
  

Types

• Some flowers, such as the sneezewort, are shade-intolerant plants that bloom in spring and summer. Grapevines need direct sunlight to grow as well. Shrubs that need direct sun include the bayberry. There are also shade intolerant trees, such as the white fir, which grows 100 feet tall and has bluish-green, needle-like leaves.
  
  

Colors

• The blooms on the Japanese pagoda tree are a very light yellow that is almost white; the Norway maple has darker yellow flowers. The beach plum is an attractive shrub that grows well in acidic soil and boasts red or dark blue fruit. Colorful flowers that are shade intolerant include the bright red hollyhock blooms, knapweed, with bluish purple flowers, and red valerian, which is a shade of magenta.