Dog friendly plants in shade

[Tunnelsong]

Hi
Garden has a border that is shaded by fence and next door’s huge tree. It’s filled with green alkinet which I’m constantly digging out. I’m going to have another go at digging out any left behind roots. What can I plant instead? The garden has lots of green and some red bushes and trees. Want something to introduce colour that will thrive in wet / shaded soil. Has to be dog friendly!

I really like lavender but guessing it would be too damp / not enough sun.

I've got a shady damp border which has a variety of plants including rhododendrons, hydrangeas, astilbe, brunnera, purple loosestrife, Japanese anemone, pulmonaria, Filipendula rubra, geranium Roseanne.

I used to have dogs, they and the plants never harmed each other though the Pulmonaria and occasionally the filipendula were nibbled. (Mind you, my garden also contains quite a lot of things not reckoned to be 'dog friendly' including some wolfsbane ... the dogs seemed to have the sense to leave well alone. )

Some great suggestions, thank you. Your garden sounds beautiful.

I've got a similar border (but not hugely wet, the tree dries it out somewhat) where I have a couple of different ferns, heucheras, hydrangeas, japanese quince, rhododendron, camellia, astilbe, alchemilla mollis, japanese anemones.

It doesn't bother the dog and the dog doesn't bother it. The hens, on the other hand, love it and regularly try to dig it all up.