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Please suggest some plants that are good in the shade.?

Hi, I would like to make a big garden box in the front of the house but it is shady most of the day. Can someone please suggest some nice shrubs, plants, flowers that would grow well in the shade. Thanks

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1. hostas. There are many varieties.
2. What zone are you in? Find out your zone then go from there. Are state is funny, what grows over the mountain dose not grow here, why waste the money.....
3. Flowers that will work include pansies and impatiens. Also, I'm a big fan of hostas. They are very hardy perennials, and there are many different varieties. Also, the leaves are showy throughout the spring, summer and fall. finally, ferns are good in shady areas, and the leaf textures make a nice contrast.
4. There are tons of perennials that love shade. Ferns, Hostas, Astilbe Pulmoneria Bleeding Heart Calladiums Annuals include coleus, impatiens begonias Shrubs Mountain Laurel, Azaleas Rhododendron Good Luck!
5. Azaleas would be good for year round evergreen color. Sky pencil holly is also a good evergreen, wherever you need a vertical accent. For flowers, heuchera, hostas, astilbe, foxglove, hydrangea, epimedium, and my favorite, hellebores, which have an early, four months blooming season and serve as a deterent to rabbits and deer. These are also evergreen. For annuals you can add impatiens or begonias for additional color.
6. The best plants for the more heavily shaded areas to partially shaded are those found in the woods in their native habitat, such as evergreen groundcovers like Japanese spurge (Pachysandra terminalis) and Periwinkle, & other groundcovers such as wild Violets, bluebells, Lilies of the Valley, & Wild Ginger. http://www.mastergardenproducts.com/gardenerscorner/gardening_in_the_shade.htm http://pss.uvm.edu/ppp/articles/asarum.htm Variegated Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum') "has foliage with an airbrushed variegation that is irresistible. It looks nice among densely textured Hostas and multistained Coral Bells (Heuchera), and their stature gives weight to finely dissected Bleeding Hearts (Dicentras) and ground-hugging Asarums. But the early spring flowers are far from subtle, particularly massed, when hundred of creamy bells march two by two along the leaves). http://www.npr.org/programs/talkingplants/profiles/podoratum.html http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=L820 The Snowflake (Leucojum aestivum) 'Gravetye Giant' is tolerant of moist soils and often referred to as "moisture loving," but will grow in any type of soil, wet or dry, sand or clay, acid or alkaline. It will thrive in most light conditions & are commonly grown in dense shade as well. http://www.plantanswers.com/arcadia_pages/plant_of_the_month/snowflakes.htm http://www.virginiagarden.com/leucojum.html Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) has more than one color of leaves, flowers & has different types of leaf shapes such as heartleaf & oakleaf shapes. http://www.gardencrossings.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.plantDetail/plant_id/312/cfid/1986457/cftoken/48693931 http://www.flickr.com/photos/loonlover/156878354/ http://www.conncoll.edu/ccrec/greennet/arbo/wfg/foamflower.html http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/wildflowers/tiarella_cordifolia.html Scroll down to see the variegated leaf foamflowers: http://www.sunlightgardens.com/latin/T.html Bluebells also grow well in very shady to partially shaded areas: http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickmayon/464514325/ http://www.tva.gov/river/landandshore/stabilization/plants/virginia_bluebells.htm Bluebell video: http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=bluebells+flowers&ei=UTF-8&fr=ush-ans&fr2=tab-web&tnr=21&vid=1291405166 "Partial shade" areas that receive three to six hours of sun a day gives you more options like: Meadow anemone (Anemone canadensis), Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana), Goat's beard (Aruncus dioicus), Astilbe (Astilbe sp.), Bergenia (Berginia cordifolia), Black Snakeroot (Cimifuga racemosa), Fringed bleeding heart (Dicentra eximia), Foxglove (Digitalis sp.), Leopard's bane (Doronicum sp.), Hardy geranium (Geranium sp.), and Siberian iris (Iris sibirica). http://www.wildaboutgardening.org/en/whats_new/shade_garden/shade_gardening.htm You can plant Hosta & Heuchera in areas with light shade: http://www.ozarksgardens.com/pl/Mzkpf/u/u/0/a_hosta_garden.html http://www.naturehills.com/catalog/Perennials/Hostas.aspx http://www.theprimrosepath.com/Featured_Plants/Heuchera/heuchera.htm 'King of Hearts' Bleeding Heart will grow in shade, part shade or sunny areas & can bloom from late spring into fall. It will not go dormant in midsummer (like some other types) as long as the soil is kept moist. It looks great next to Hostas: http://www.waltersgardens.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=219 Cyclamen provide an abundance of color in the autumn garden and the delicate two-toned mottled leaves are also noteworthy during the spring, summer and fall growing seasons. The unusual shooting-star-like flowers begin appearing during the autumn months of September, October and November. A few species flower earlier and others into the months of January and February. http://www.humeseeds.com/efcycl.htm Hellebore provide nice early blooms. Each type of Helleborus has different shade requirements, such as Ballerina & Brushstroke which grows well in the shade: http://www.bigdipperfarm.com/cgi-bin/searchstuff.pl?Botanical=Helleborus Chameleon Plant (Houttuynia cordata): In shady areas, the leaves will be variegated green and cream. With more sun, they will take on striking hues of yellow, pink, and scarlet red: http://www.waltersgardens.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=533 http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Hout_cor.html http://www.em.ca/garden/per_houttuynia_cordata1.html Variegated Periwinkle is a nice evergreen groundcover forming a dense mat: http://www.perennials.com/seeplant.html?item=7.655.180 Deep shade list http://www.pfaf.org/database/search_use.php?K%5B%5D=Deep%20Shade Plants for the shady garden: http://www.backyardgardener.com/shade/index.html Forums: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/woodland/ Azalea & Rhododendron shrubs do especially well in the shade. Encore azaleas bloom in the spring like other azaleas and then repeat the process each fall: http://www.arhomeandgarden.org/plantoftheweek/articles/azalea_encore_10-14-05.htm Variegated Azaleas add an interesting touch to the garden: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0geu8rlRkVI9gMAGtpXNyoA?ei=UTF-8&p=variegated%20azaleas&y=Search&fr2=tab-web&fr=ush-ans http://www.paghat.com/azaleasilversword.html Good luck!!! Hope this helps.
7. If you want a pre-designed shade garden, check out SpringHill Nurseries Complete Foundation Shade Garden collection: http://springhillnursery.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_07096 I'm partial to hosta myself: http://www.gardening-quick-n-easy.com/shade_garden_design.html *~ Good luck 'n happy gardening ~*
8. i would suggest plants such as hostas which have lovely variegated leaves and spiked flowers there are many varieties available be carefull with slugs and snails though as they love them
9. My own shade plants are impatiens http://landscaping.about.com/od/flowerseed/p/impatiens_plant.htm and hostas http://landscaping.about.com/od/plantsforshadyareas/a/hosta_plants.htm. Both of these do very well in boxes or containers. The soil for these must be rich and well-drained and should be kept slightly moist. Impatiens are annuals and must be replanted every spring, but hostas will return and even spread.