Shade Gardening: Favorite Astilbe?, 0 by Weerobin

Weerobin wrote:
Salvia Black and Blue is hardy here and blooms reliably in quite shady locations.
It suckers somewhat (not aggressively) to fill a sizable area,
so it tends to overrun any dainty nearby plants, so site accordingly.
I buy the more tender salvias as plants and use them as annuals.
Plant Delights has the nice pictures to see what you're ordering,
but you can find them cheaper at Avant Nursery, Digging Dog I think.
My salvia leucantha just gets afternoon sun.
My amateur theory is that the afternoon sun is so intense it makes up for missing early day sun?
Here's a post of Black and Blue - gets 1/2 sun at most.
It also blooms late - now thru frost.
This shot is from November last year (note the fall color in background).