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Destinctively shade-loving plants are those intolerant of direct sun, because they are addapted to life in tree undergrowth or in other shadowy undergrowth. It si usual for shadow, that air moisture is higher, while temperature is lower than in sunny undergrowth. According to the ammount of sunlight, that reaches plants, we divide shadow in to light/soft or deep/strong shadow (deep shadow is found under dense and low treetops of evergreen trees, in undergorwth between bigger shrubs, can also be found in narrow north corners between buildings and trees etc).

Conifers have woody stems (i. e. tree trunk and branches) and are also called woody plants or trees. Their leaves are transformed into needles or scales, usually being hard and leathery.

Leaves or needles remain on the plant for several consecutive years, usually 2 to 5 years. Our descriptions contain the word evergreen.

Plant can in otherwise appropriate environment survive cold down to - 23 °C.

Porous or dry soils are normally light and loose, there is no stagnant water but relatively quickly flows in deeper layers; such ground are more airy and warmer, yet drier and usually contain less humus and for such undergrowth it is often to for drought to appear (e. g. rockgardens, walls, by paths and roads, on gravel, also on gravel surface in towns and close to buildings ...), plants of such undergrowth need well-drained soil, they tolerate drought but cannot tolerate constant moisture or even flooding.

Woody plant, normally branched at the ground level into several side stems, usually lacks of a dominant stem. Tree top can be of different shapes, dense or thin, symetric or uneven. Most shrubs reach a height of 1 to 2 metres, but some can grow much higher (up to 8 m); some can grow into very low or carpet-like forms.