Shade tolerant plants - Page 2

 For the shadiest spots where even impatiens or sweet william complain for
need of light, English or Spanish bluebells can't be beat. They'll even
thrive right up next to the roots of big shrubs, or back under the eaves
of the house that get almost no water. They're only present in spring of
course but that's enough. I wouldn't waste a choice garden space on them
because they're just so damned great in spots that are otherwise
ungardenable.

-paghat the ratgirl
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 On Jul 23, 5:59 pm, gardenSPAM-ME-...@paghat.com (paghat) wrote:

Sounds like a Jack-in-the-Pulpit I planted eons ago at my mom's house.
It was right at the base of a White Pine, and popped up every year
like clockwork. Hmmm, there's that wasted space between the shed and
the compost...I wonder...

Chris

 
foxglove77;805524 Wrote:

Depends a bit on how shady the border is.  

Martagon lilies will do very well in light shade, and will naturalize;
Japanese anenomes the same - though try to keep to the white forms
which are less rampant. Both flower after foxgloves. The native wood
gentian is well worth considering.




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beccabunga

 

I don't know where you live but here in the mid south, zone 6,  my hostas
are starting to bloom in shades of lavender to white. The Impatiens have
been in full bloom in the shade since late April.