Shade Gardening: Need ideas for a shady bed, 0 by Noreaster

Noreaster wrote:
Gymgirl, I am just seeing your message. The yard and garden is kind of much a mess right now since I've been so busy with other things. I think it pretty much looks the same...except that the sedum has bloomed and the coleus has gotten even bigger. The heuchera in the container ("gypsy dancer" ) has been blooming all summer...I guess I need to think about taking that out of the pot and putting it into the ground so that it survives to next year?

In other news, one of the three Cimicifugas (sp?) that I planted late in the Spring has grown well and is gearing up to bloom. I got one at one nursery, and two at a different place...the two from the second nursery have not grown so much as an inch, I swear. I hope those two do better next year...