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Ideas for achieving colour in full shade?

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ImplementingTheDennisSystem · 27/04/2022 20:16

I have a massive wooden planter that is in full shade all day long. What can I plant in it for a bit of colour?
So far I have fatsia japonica and hardy ferns. I'm going to add a burgundy-coloured heuchera too.
Any flower ideas to add into this mix please?

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KirstenBlest · 27/04/2022 20:26

GW article

KirstenBlest · 27/04/2022 20:27

I read that article going through old magazines at the weekend

Mytoddlerisamazing · 27/04/2022 20:29

Fuchsia!

SockFluffInTheBath · 27/04/2022 21:17

Mytoddlerisamazing · 27/04/2022 20:29

Fuchsia!

I have a Mrs Popple growing in almost complete shade and it’s lovely for colour. Skimmia flowers early doors and I have one called Kew Green which has yellow flowers which smell of honey. Japanese anemones are good for shade as well and come in white and pinks (I have some magenta ones called bressingham-something in shade).

parietal · 27/04/2022 21:19

there are hardy geraniums that grow well in shade. also dicentra formosa

SockFluffInTheBath · 27/04/2022 21:22

My liriopes and astilbes get flowers as well in deep shade.

Silverjellybean71 · 27/04/2022 21:26

Pulmonaria is lovely for autumn winter flowers in the shade, and has lovely spotted leaves and a nice dome shape that sets off other flowers during the summer. Lots of the blue/purple tones in geraniums like shade. I also have a heavily shaded corner, and I have a climbing hydrangea that’s thriving in it

chisanunian · 27/04/2022 21:32

Busy lizzies do fine in shade.

Pinkywoo · 27/04/2022 21:37

Astilbe, Japanese anemone, bleeding heart and hydrangea are all doing well in the shady part of my garden.

LuluBlakey1 · 27/04/2022 21:40

Astrantias like shade, so do brunnera and they have lovely bright blue flowers at this time of year. Epimediums ate pretty and like shade.

ImplementingTheDennisSystem · 28/04/2022 05:47

Thanks so much for these great suggestions.
What I'm going to do is relocate into my planter a little hydrangea that we have in full sun elsewhere in the garden and which is looking very sickly. I'm also going to dig up a clump of Japanese anemones that we have elsewhere in the garden (they are also in full sun and doing well - they must tolerate all conditions). Then I'm going to buy a couple of fuchsia as we're going for a vaguely tropical theme and they will work perfectly with it!

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