Sunflower14 - Here are three perennials that have nice flowers that are for shade. Forget-me-nots/myosotis Sylvatica, Cora Bells/ Heuchera and Bleeding Heart/Dicentra Spectalitis. They all have very pretty flowers and are for the shade.
Yep, I too saw a lot of the same plants/flowers in the books I checked out about what grows well in the shade. I've got a perfect little bit of some tree shrubbery in my yard where Trilliums would be absolutely perfect, but they're illegal to pick and I"ve never actually looked for them in a nursery, so that might be something I'll try this year.
I'm also goign to try and find some fast-growing ivy (I've read Virginia Creeper is a good one) to try and cover up this god-awful ugly wall where our trash cans are kept. My landlords really don't care what we do, but at the same time, I have to be careful not to plant anything that will get out of control and anger neighbors should I ever leave the apartment and can't maintain things. :-)
My first love is for herbs, but unfortunately, most of them need sun. I had a great pot of mint and basil last year (the mint I just got from my mom's house) and I had a nice pot of catnip, too, but I'm going to have to get some more.
Anyway, thanks for ideas. Interested to hear what works for you all!
Same problem in the front of where I line,nice bed to plant in,back of the house sun,sun.Now I have lookked it up,& can only spend so much-I Hate HOSTAS-I just dug a bunch up out back so that I could put my seedings I started inside there.Here goes-bleeding heart-periwinkle-sweet violas,mant knids-delphinum,columbine?&supposedly I am getting a zephireme Double climbing Rose that is shade tolerant.1 year guarentee.Look or rather google House of Wesley or type in shade loving plants.There are a lot more than Wesley,all connectedPark something is one at least you can give an idea of what you might like.Hostas spread at the edge of a yard ok,I like floweres also,sorry for all the misspelling,trying to write too fast.Miasma
Hello...I've found that Hosta's and Firns grow well in shade. I live in northcentral Ohio (Zone 5) And these plants seem to grow well in my climate. There are different varities of Hosta's that are beautiful..very leafy and grow shoots of various colors of flowers. They can become quite large and seperating them is a must eventually.
Hello, everyone. I'm a first time poster on this particular group/forum. If I haven't looked hard enough yet and there's already a posting, I'll be happy to check it out. I've also looked through books here and there, but I wanted to ask real life people (gasp!) their advice on what successfully grows and thrives in (partial)shade. I live in an old Victorian that's divided into apartment units and we're fortunate enough to have a rather sizable yard. My landlords are lovely people and gave me the go-ahead to play in the dirt, so to speak, but the problem is, we don't get a lot of direct sunlight. Due to all kinds of factors (the angle of the house, other buildings, trees, etc), the places that are plant friendly are unfortunately a bit dark for the majority of the day. I have a small porch where I can hang things and there are several small plots around the house where the dirt has been left unmolested for quite some time. It's really, really healthy. I started a small compost pile and look forward to being able use it this year.
I live in southeastern Michigan, so our summers can be quite intensely hot, but in shorter spurts and fits than other places that have long-lasting heat. Our rainfall is touch and go from year to year and our house does not have an outside hose spicket where I could hook up mass watering, so it'll be old school with a watering can.
What have you all had good luck with? I admit I'm keen on really smelly flowers, but often, they need full sun to thrive and the moonflowers I planted last year got green and leafy, but no blooming flowers. :-( And I would LOVE to do some herbs or veggies, but the full sun thing thwarts my plans.
Thank you so much for your ideas! I look forward to learning from your experience!
Cheers! Sunflower (I chose my handle when I lived in Kansas, but am a native Michigander. Wish I could change it to Apple Blossom!)
