Shade loving plants

[Aliceinwonder1]

Hi.

I have an area in my garden that gets no sun at all due to position - it's quite a large border against a fence so I wanted some fairly big plants/nice bushes for it but I'm struggling with what to put there. I have 2 pieris japonica which aren't doing too well so I need to move these but no idea what to replace them with! Any ideas? Ideally I'd like a bit of colour. I am very inexperienced gardening wise so something quite easy to maintain but also pretty would be great!

I have a hydrangea, iris, acer and fuschia that are doing very well in the shade

Hostas, hellebores, some hebes have all done well in my shade

I have climbing hydrangea, hostas, heucherella, fatsia japonica, sweet woodsage, liriope — and about to plant some lily of the valley.

Also ferns, pulmonaria, brunnera, foxgloves.

Fatsia Japonica Spider's Web.

Alas, my pulmonaria got powdery mildew and looks — not flourishing.

I’ve got a border that gets very little direct light, and a small amount of dappled light. I like evergreen plants there and I’ve got

Photinia
Mahonia
Aucuba Japonica (spotted Laurel)
Cherry Laurel
Rhododendron
Fairy Magnolia
Oomphalodes
Fatsia Spiderweb

plus a lot of hostas and hardy geraniums, weigela, Philadelphus Aurea, Hypericum Hidcote and ferns.

Some peonies
azalea
ferns
primroses
hellbores
dogwood
some honeysuckles
camellia
rhododendrons

Vinca seems to grow anywhere. I have lots which thrives in shade.

Thank you. Has anyone got pictures at all please- I have no idea what any of these are and ideally need to be able to get them from b&q or our local garden centre so would be handy to know what to look for.
I have a couple there currently which I think are meant to grow fairly big but they look a bit lost at the moment. No idea how many you're meant to have in one space.
Hoping to stay away from anything I'd need a trellis for- like I say very inexperienced so hoping for ease! Thank you

Since the pieris you already have aren't doing very well there, I'd steer clear of rhododendrons and azaleas, which like the same conditions as pieris.

Take a list to the garden centre with you. Most of them tend to label the areas for shrubs and perennials which are what you need, and some will even have them in A to Z order. Just go up and down every section with your list, and look at all the plant labels until you find what's on the list. You'll learn loads about what other things look like while you're doing it, and if there is anything that takes your fancy, look it up online to see whether it will suit your garden, how big it gets etc.

The gardening forum is a really friendly place, but you also need to invest some of your own time and effort. Can’t you google the very helpful suggestions you’ve received? This way you will learn about ultimate size, care and prices.

I'd look at the north facing gardens in the streets near you to see what is thriving and get an idea about what you might like. Even if you don't know the names of the plants you can always do a reverse image search.