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best plants for all shade area?
The front of my house never really gets any sun light on it but I would like to landscape it with plants but need to know what are the best ones to use. I would really like more color than all green. I live in Pa and I am in zone 5.
like the idea of adding more different color hostas. where do i find the more colorful ones other than just green and green and white ones?
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- reynwaterLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
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- M WLv 79 years ago
Bleeding Heart. Not only is it a bright pink color, but when it's not in flower, it's a very pretty green bushy plant.
Caladiums are gorgeous. If you get something like Florida Sweetheart, they look like a bright light is shining on them all the time. Buy corms online from a reliable supplier.
Lilies of the Valley. Hosta (comes in all stages of green and variegated ivory/green). Sedum comes in a variety of sizes and colors.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Caladiums do well in shade and are colorful.
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- 9 years ago
I'm in NY, zone 4b.
Hosta does really well in shade - they are easy to grow and have little maintenance - just watch out for slugs in wet summers. There are like 20 kinds of hosta, so you can pick ones with blue or yellow tints, large or small leaves, etc.
Ferns, of course, love the shade.
Lily of the Valley also do real good in shade, they have small white flowers in the early summer to break up the green.
We also have red epimedium, which has a reddish tint on the leaves much of the season.
If you want color, it's tougher with perennials. Begonias and Impatiens do well, in my experience.
