Beginner Gardening: Ideas for shade alternative to portulaca? (My "moss rose"), 0 by ufpspock

ufpspock wrote:
I want to do a border in a bed that gets a lot of shade. I understand that portulaca doesn't do well in shade. Any suggestions for something similar? I'd like something that stays relatively short, has bright flowers, and maybe interesting foliage. Can you actually get interesting foliage AND bright flowers in a shade tolerant plant?

The bed will have mostly grass-type plants, so I wanted something that would flower during the summer. I like portulaca because they tend to reseed themselves, so even as an annual they seem to keep coming back!

I'm attaching a picture - this is what I was taught was a "moss rose" growing up, but I now know there are tons of things called moss roses.

This message was edited May 31, 2012 8:18 PM