What flowers are good shade flowers?
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Hardy perennial flowers that do well in part shade to shade include:
Actaea spp. (Bugbane)
Alchemilla mollis (Lady’s Mantle)
Astilbe
Aquilegia (Columbine)
Begonia grandis (Hardy Begonia)
Bergenia (Pigsqueak)
Brunnera (Bugloss)
Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)
Epimedium (Bishop's Hat)
Helleborus (Hellebore)
Hosta
Iris cristata (Crested Iris)
Lamium maculatum (Spotted Deadnettle)
Phlox divaricata (Woodland Phlox)
Primula (Primrose)
Pulmonaria (Leadwort)
Tiarella (Foam Flower)
Tricyrtis (Toad Lily)
Viola (Violet)
Annual flowers that do well in part shade to shade and bloom all summer include:
Impatiens
Begonia -- including tuberous, angel wing and fibrous rooted begonias
Nicotiana (Flowering Tobacco)
Torenia (Wishbone Flower)
Viola
Hostas, lily of the valley, violets. There's a host of others. Ask at your local garden center what they have available. It will depend a lot on what climate you're in.
Jacobs ladder or hosta grow very well in shade
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