Shade tolerant plants

[foxglove77]

Now the foxgloves have stopped flowering what plant would be a goo

replacement in a shadey boarder, that will offer height and colour? M boarder is looking so bare now

-- foxglove77

[David E. Ross]

Where are you? What is your climate?

[foxglove77]

PS. I live in London, England

[David E. Ross]

Impatiens, geraniums, pelargoniums (often called "geraniums" but not really the same). These will all do okay with some sun but also tolerate complete shade.

[Bill]

Hosta which I add caladiums too but the latter is annual about here. I like white christmas as the white in dark places is neat.

Bill

[beccabunga]

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.

[paghat]

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

[Chris]

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

[Marie Dodge]

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.