A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion Landscape trials and triumphs Gardening in the Shade Shade gardening question....

Shade gardening

I'll list you some perennials

Monkshod
Ajuga
Ladys Mantle
Japenese Anemone
wild colombine
jack in the pulpit
goatsbeard

wild ginger
hardy astilbe
Heart leaf bergenia
pink turtle head
green& gold goldstar
bug bane
lilly of the valley
Corydalis
bleeding heart
foxglove
barrenwort
sweet woodriff
Lenten rose/hellaborus
coralbells
hosta
crested iris
siberean iris
rocket ligularia
dead nettle
lilirope grass
cardinal flower
japanese anemone
woodland phlox
solomons seal
japenese primerose
bethlaham sage
foam flower
toad lilly
snow trillium
periwrinkle

Annuals

Flossflower
begonia
amethyst flower
cloes
polka dot plant
impatiens(good choice)
Lobelia
nicotina(green one)
wishbone flower

GRASSES
gold variegtated Hakone grass
Ribbon grass(I'd LOVE some)

Ferns

Maidenhair fern
lady fern
japenese painted fern
hay scented fern
ostrich fern
cinnamon fern
royal fern(wow hardy to zone 2!)
christmas fern

Bulbs

I just love claduims,but they are a PITA to dig up yearly.I did have a nice shade bed once that was claduims/ferns/EEtarro/cloeus/vinca/daffs.The weather took the claduims cause I didn't dig to store,ducks ate my ferns.But it was a GREAT look.I've thought I might buy claduims again,but keep in pots and sink pots in the shade bed.

Claduims
autuam crocus
snowdrops
spanish bluebells
squill


Well THIS should keep you busy.I tried to stay within your zone.Accept for claduims.

wow! thats a nice long list njoynit!

i had corabells in my shade area and they ended up streching for the sun, grew crocked lol