Beginner Gardening: Best plants for quick color, with some elegance?, 0 by shebs45

shebs45 wrote:
Cosmos are supposed to planted in full sun, so I don't know how well they will do in shade/partial shade. You might not get as many flowers.

For bold (or subdued) color in the shade, you can't beat impatiens. An office complex that I drive by uses a lot of impatiens in burgundy and orange. They fill in a lot of space with nice neat mounds, and the color contrast is really stunning.

Another plant that does well in the shade is coleus. They grow pretty fast and cuttings root very easily.