Shade Gardening: Suggestions for a Shady Bed?, 0 by doss

doss wrote:
Vines in that much shade are pretty hard. I've had distictis buccinatoria work in deep shade but it won't bloom there. How about camellia espalliers on those trellises?

You may have some trouble with your lamium - might have to grow it as an annual.. I have. One really good low silver plant that works for me is brunnera "Jack Frost", if you have to redo the lamium in the future. There are some new forms of dwarf astilbe that would work too. I get them mail order from bloomingbulb just because of the prices.

Another good edging plant is hosta 'golden tiara' or similar small edging hosta. Don't buy hostas from local nurseries. Buy them from dedicated hosta growers because there is a hosta virus that is going around. It's fatal to the plants and spreads.

I can grow hostas.

I hope that your ginger enjoys the shade too. It's such a beautiful plant.

Motherfern is a fabulous pale green fern. Farfugium (or ligularia) -see the photo - . will grow there. and Hosta too although they say that they are marginal for us. Sword fern, mondo grass, hakone grass (or Japanese Forest grass). Ajuga or Creeping Jenny are good ground covers.

Oh, there is a vine that will grow in the dark. It's hard to find and grows slowly. Hydrangea seemanni. You can get it mail order.

Holly ferns grow in the dark too.

I recommend Fancy Fronds for unusual ferns. They have a great search engine that lets you sort by zone and frond condition (eg evergreen)
http://www.fancyfronds.com/