Perennials for full shade
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Posted: Jul/26/2006 6:50 PM PST
Does anyone have any suggestions for perennials (or shrubs for that matter) that will flourish in full shade? |
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Posted: Jul/26/2006 7:01 PM PST
FULL shade? like in NO sun...at all? ever? i found a link you can get some ideas from:http://www.thegardenhelper.com/fs~perennia ls.html |
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Posted: Jul/26/2006 7:18 PM PST
None. Zero. Less than zero. Grass doesn't even grow. Thanks for the link. I will check it out. |
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Posted: Jul/26/2006 7:34 PM PST
i was surprised myself how many plants would grow in full shade! keep us posted on your full shade garden...k? 
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Posted: Jul/27/2006 2:24 AM PST
Hostas, only for me. Annuals in shade are impatiens, caladiums, bishops weed. |
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Posted: Jul/27/2006 3:23 PM PST
Sorry! I just saw the forum on shade gardens. I should have started my thread there. Could somebody move this thread there? |
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Posted: Jul/27/2006 3:25 PM PST
i will move it |
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Posted: Jul/27/2006 5:22 PM PST
I have 2 flower beds that I put in a month ago under a large spruce on the east side of my house. Nothing grew there & it looked so barren. The beds are in full shade pretty much all day. For perrenials I have pansy's, creeping babies breath, delphiniums, himalayan Impatients, lamium, forget me nots & jacobs ladder that are all blooming now. I also planted foxglove & cantabury bells which haven't bloomed yet. Also a leafy ground cover plant called Snow on the Mountain. I put double impatients, red geraniums. butterfly flower and ageratum in for some extra color & everything is doing great. Hope this helps! |
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Posted: Jul/27/2006 11:00 PM PST
Cast Iron plants...but you'll have to bring them in during winter. Kaffir Lily...another you'll have to bring in during the winter. |
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Posted: Jul/29/2006 11:31 AM PST
I have white Hydrangas and Blue muffin vibernums doing nicely in the shade for me in zone 3/ |
