shady garden

annieu613

I'm moving in a few weeks, and my new house is on a shade lot.  I want to plant some colorful flowers in my front yard, but I'm not sure what would be best.  The space I want to plant them gets sun for a few hours in the middle of the day, and is shady in the morning and afternoon.  What do you think would work best?

raven+maven

Impatiens do well in shade-

FoxinFiji

What zone are you in?  I have every version of shade over here and it is a challenge to garden in but it makes things interesting.  Those couple hours of sun it gets are they dappled or direct sunlight?  Is the soil particularly moist or dry?

FSUalum

Impatients should do well as previously said. What zone are you in?

annieu613

I'm in NJ, so I think 7?  I don't know much about gardening, but I like impatients. 

It gets direct sunlight for part of the day.

raven+maven

annieu613:

I'm in NJ, so I think 7?  I don't know much about gardening, but I like impatients. 

It gets direct sunlight for part of the day.

So does my front yard and the impatiens did well for me last year.  We also have azaleas and rhododedrin (sp?) and they're doing well.

FoxinFiji

Well you should have lots of options then!

A few perennials:

Bleeding Heart

Astilbe

Creeping Flocks

Daylillies

Daffodils

Tulips

Trillium

Coral Bells

Columbine

Primrose

 

Shrubs:

Hydrangeas

Daphne

Azalea

Rhododendron

Forsythia

 

Perennials for foliage:

Ferns

Hostas

Ginger

 

annieu613

Thanks for the suggestions!  I'm excited to get started.

~NB~

Most of NJ is zone 6. Be careful.

http://www.growit.com/bin/USDAZoneMaps.exe?MyState=nj

http://www.outsidepride.com/resources/states/newjersey.html

 

annieu613

~NB~:

Most of NJ is zone 6. Be careful.

http://www.growit.com/bin/USDAZoneMaps.exe?MyState=nj

http://www.outsidepride.com/resources/states/newjersey.html

 

Um, ok.