Which plants/ flowers do well in shade/ out of direct sunlight?

[ShmooBooMoo]

Would pansies do well? Also, just in normal soil in the pot? Thanks!

[charlestonchaplin]

I think pansies need sun. I'm not sure whether you mean plants for containers, as you don't usually use ordinary garden soil in pots, you use compost. You probably know that. It's just the word 'soil' has confused me.

Plants for shade include hostas, bleeding heart, lily-of-the-valley and cyclamen coup. These ones are good either in pots or in the ground. Hellebores are good in shade but many aren't suitable for pots. Other shade plants which are good in the ground (don't know about pots) are foxgloves, bergenia, martagon lilies, heucheras, some ferns, pulmonaria and brunnera.

If the area gets four or more hours of sunlight there are many more plants you can grow.

[Trethew]

Best bedding plants for shade are impatiens (busy Lizzie) and begonias. Fuchsias not bad either

[Adarajames]

heucheras and ferns both do well in pots, I've got both doing fine

[SeaRabbit]

We have a permanent thread on shade-lovers.

Enjoy.