North Facing Hanging Baskets

[Downtonbabby]

I wondered if anyone could recommend anything for my North facing hanging baskets? I’ve had some violas in them over the winter but they haven’t done very well, particularly the one nearest the the neighbouring house as it gets almost no sunlight and I’ve kept swapping them with the ones I have at the back of my house which is south facing when the start to look a bit sad!
Is there anything that would look nice but also thrive in this shaded spot?

I also have north facing flowerbed at the front which has more clay type soil and my primroses seem to be dying and the campanulas also have gone a bit scrappy! Is there anything that would prefer this bed, this gets a little bit of sun in the late evening? I am successfully growing some sarcococca, camellias, rhododendron in this area, but the flower bed looks a bit sad now the daffodils are starting to fade!

Busy Lizzie’s, they thrive in shade and are really colourful.

I second busy Lizzies (impatiens), also begonias work well.

I'm thinking to try some trailing heuchera in North-facing pots. Might be worth a shot, maybe with a fern?

Fuschia. Pendulous begonias, ivy, fern, heichera, lobelia, some campanula.

The only thing I plant in any hanging basket these days are trailing geraniums, preferably white ones. They don’t get covered in greenfly, need constant deadheading and de seeding or wilt if you forget to water them for a day or so. No one is going to stop and take photographs of them in amazement at my gardening prowess, but I can live with that.

Thank you for your suggestions. Busy Lizzies look lovely so I may give those a try. I’m thinking I may add a few evergreen foliage plants too, so there is colour in the winter too.
Thanks for all the other ideas too, it’s given me a few ideas for my front bed and pots (once my tulips go over).