good plants for shade?

[redfruit]

What are some good plants for shade? I think some of the area gets a few hours of sunlight but mostly is in shade from the fence and shrubs.

Preferably flowering with some colour, perennial maybe. I googled it a bit but most plants tend to say sun to partial shade (I suppose it is not full if it gets a little sun). Also the ones that are good for shade seem to have mixed instructions, i.e. may not really do that well after all. I wanted possibly crocosmia as I think it's pretty, but I tried to grow that before and it didn't do so well (in a sunny large pot). It had a few delicate flowers.

Are irises and anemones (de Caen) OK, also vinca major and primroses? What about pansies?

Thanks

redfruit

[alex-adam]

Helibores, Lily-of-the valley, Primroses and Primula,

a-a

[Two_Sheds]

Check out the older threads:

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...elp_57687.html

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...pot_51728.html

You should be thinking of woodland plants, not things that naturally grow in prairies etc

[Two_Sheds]

I googled it a bit but most plants tend to say sun to partial shade

These ones seem to be OK (partial to full shade). What is partial shade?

Plants for dry shade

another link here

This is my shadiest spot (east facing but shaded by the house: no direct sun at all. The poor tulip is bent, searching for light, but the other plants don't mind it)

[ann-the-nan]

Ive got helebores, ivy, ferns and spurges in my spot.

[Maccabee]

Sarcocca confusa (sweet box) evergreen shrub with small, white winter flowers which have the most incredible scent. Vinca major should be fine too. Begenias, cyclamen, snowdrops, holly, iris foetidus.

I'm currently in the process of planting up the shady north-facing wall of the house and using all oif these as well as ferns, hostas, climbing hydrangea.

[redfruit]

Thanks all Good ideas.

Think I would like to try helebores. Have moved the vinca major, hopefully it won't mind being moved. I like cyclamen but they never seem to last long for me - though that was in a sunny container so maybe they weren't so happy there. I read forget me nots too, but they wouldn't flower this year now as bit late.

Thank you for those pictures too, 2 Sheds.

[Two_Sheds]

cyclamen ... never seem to last long for me

Me neither: I should give up planting them. The last lot were in a pot and vine weevils killed them

[rinabean]

Is it dry shade? I have some kind of alkanet growing in the shade under some trees. I think it's green alkanet (mine is shorter and bushier than the pictures I've seen, but it could be because it's quite windy here). It's mostly leaves but it has pretty blue forget-me-not flowers very early in the year, and they're still there now. The bees love it It's perennial (and evergreen!), too. It does spread, but I've found it easy to pull out if it's encroaching on anything. It could make a nice backdrop to showier flowers.

[Maccabee]

Forgot about this:

http://www.havennurseries.co.uk/PDF/...or%20shade.pdf
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/plants-for-shade

There was another one but the link doesn't seem to be working.

You could also try searching this site.