Plants that like shade?

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I've had some raised beds put in, approx 1m c 1.5m, have noticed that one of them gets pretty much no sunlight whatsoever.

Any ideas for what I can put into them?

Things that spread and flower would be good.

I have a shady patch down the bottom of my garden (thanks to neighbours trees), things that grow well are...
Lavender
Ferns
Rosemary
Snapdragons (I didn’t plant them, they just appeared)
Hosta’s
Wild strawberry’s (again I didn’t plant them).
Heather

I have tried many other things but not had much luck, I planted a few spring bulbs in December which are now coming up (mainly tulips), allium crew ok last year but in partial shade.

I read snowdrops like shade, so I'll be planting some bulbs this autumn.

Small acer trees may work too. I have some in pots in a shady spot in the garden. Some have thrived while others have struggled. Hydrangea has also been OK. Hostas have been good too.

Bleeding hearts like shade too and they are pretty

Clematis Nelly Moser has done well on my shaded north-facing wall.

Hellebores

Lungwort, elephant's ears, lady's mantle, hardy geraniums, foxgloves.

I’ve got a very shady garden.
Fern do well, as do bleeding hearts.
heucheras, fatsia japonica, hebes all have grown with various levels of success.
Honesty is good and self seeds, as does aquilegia.

I've read that snowdrops don't do well when planted from dry bulbs in the autumn and should be planted 'in the green' within the next few weeks instead. I bought some this weekend and planted them this afternoon. I also have a huge patch of muscari in the shade that's been multiplying every year with no intervention since we moved in. I've dug some out to make space for a Fern which loves shade.

@MilduraS did you buy them online? I have a border with lots of shady area which I’d like to plant loads of snowdrops and I’ve read exactly the same as you - now is the time to plant them.

I bought mine at the local garden centre but Sarah Raven has loads on her website at the moment.

Foxgloves, Japanese anemones, ferns, heucheras, brunnera, aquilegia

We have a very shady garden and I grow a lot of flowers and plants you'd find in woodlands - foxglove, fern, fritillary, bluebell, snowdrops, Wood anemone, sweet woodruff, dog violets, wild honeysuckle, wild primrose.

Hostas, heather and pulmonaria also good.

This year I'm planning to get an acer and a Japanese forest grass as I hear they both do well in the shade too.

My crocus bulbs have done well in the shade this year

I have Hakonechloa Macra 'Aureola' and it's very pretty. Took a while to get established though.

Epimedium is also great for ground cover: www.plantsforshade.co.uk/acatalog/Epimedium.html

There is a lovely book, Gardening in the Shade by Margery Fish (out of print but available via Amazon www.amazon.co.uk/Gardening-Shade-Margery-Fish/dp/0571131425).

From that I have learned that the following in addition to the classics mentioned love shade: nasturtiums and annual lobelia in the summer - and Malvia moscata Alba, which seeds itself gently round the garden, and Lavatera, and Fuchsia, to mention just a few.