We moved into this house last August (renting) and although there are very nice sunny spots where I am going to plant perennial flower gardens, there is one spot whitch is a full shade area (indirect sunlight throughout the day) that I would liek to improve... There a small 1' x 8' planter by the entrance that right now has 3 very squalid hostas a dead rose bush and some rock garden plants..the rest of it is covered in what seems broken red brick pieces. It looks really bad and I would love to have something nice there to welcome people coming to my home... The issue is...I would need stuff that grows fast and is not too picky about the soil since the whole area has a really hard humid soil... I am considering removing some of the top of the soil and adding good planting soil but it will depend on my husbands help since I am 7 months pregnant and digging is not my favorite exercise right now... Any tips on the shade plants I could use is greatly appreciated. I would probably be buying the plants from the nursery instead of growing from seed unless I could guarantee some flowers this season by growing from seed...
Thanks in advance,
FayeC