Container plants for very shady area

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I have a shady area against a high wall that I would like to 'decorate' with some containers. However that area sees very little sun. Would appreciate suggestions for plants that would thrive in pots or troughs there - or any other suggestions to brighten that area. What we won't do is put a flower bed there - had one previously but didn't work well. Thanks

On my shady patio I grow hydrangeas, ferns and an Acer in pots.

Thank you @alphaechokiwi , I like all of those. I know you can google these things but like to hear of 'real people's ' experiences of containers in shady areas.

I've just put some variegated euonymus in troughs against a fence which gets very little sunlight. They've really brightened up what was quite a dark and depressing corner.

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I’ve got in pots which get no direct sunlight at all:

hydrangeas
hostas
acer
ferns
gardenia (in the summer, inside in winter)

I also put many houseplants outside in a spot like that over the summer.

Thank you all / lots of choice it seems!

I have lots of shaded areas by the house planted with what is mentioned above plus mint likes shade and best in a pot, the chocolate mint is njce to look at. Fuschia also doing well. Would you consider ivy up the wall?

For evergreen I have pachysandra, not the most exciting but dark glossy leaves all year round and planted inbetween hellebores looks nice. Lily of the valley is supposed to like shade but not had much success with that.

You can get spring bulbs sold as good for woodland gardens which would be ok with dappled shade.

Last year I had white geraniums in a bed with no direct sun and they were gorgeous so in a container or hanging basket on the wall also an option

Some of my neighbours have beautiful containers of petunias in the north-facing face gardens. Bleeding hearts are lovely for the spring. Violas/pansies, some pelargoniums and wax begonias also do well in shady containers (from personal experience).

I have three pots of mint that I don't know what to do with and am now moving tbem to the deep shade corner. Thanks, @lexloofah . Also want a hydrangea.

We've inherited some hostas in large pots in a very shady area of our garden and they are thriving. We do nothing with them either!

On the North facing wall of my house I grow Golden Showers climbing rose in a large trough. It I’d not as prolific as it could be, but it does flower reasonably well. Through it I have Clematis The President. At the foot I plant the annual begonias, which really do very well, grow huge with lots of flowers and brighten up the area.
This year I’ve also overwintered an Osteospermum there, also in a planter, it’s now huge and has flowered since March.

@beebumble2 , can I ask, did you cut back& mulch, or cloche the osteospermum to overwinter it, or did it just survive?

The Osteospermum survived by itself, much to my surprise, it was a purple one, don’t know if that made a difference.
Surprisingly, four others planted around a fountain in small beds at the pions of the compass also survived. Although the East facing one want a bit straggly.
I’ll try and post a picture of the purple one taken in March/ April.

Picture of Osteospermum taken March/April

Points of the compass*
I didn’t mulch or cut back.

I came on to say hosta as well. Lots of beautiful varieties with pretty flowers to choose from and being in a container means they are less likely to be munched by slugs

Yes i managed to over winter Osteospermum quite by chance in pots, cut them down a bit last year and against a protected wall, didn't cut them down enough I realise, they went rather leggy this year.

That's remarkable! (Bee and suzle) I will leave mine out in the garden then and hope for the best.

Thanks all