Shade Gardening: Your Woodland Shade Favorites 4, 2 by Weerobin

Weerobin wrote:
I also wanted to show some shrubs which thrive in the shade and are blooming right now.
Once I cleared out all the choking invasive honeysuckle shrubs, things looked a little barren in the woods.
So these shade-tolerant shrubs provide some structure.
And the blooms are pretty, too.
This time of year, the calycanthus family is doing it's thing.
I posted a picture of sinocalycanthus chinensis above.
Here are a couple of his brethren. Both are pretty big shrubs. A little on the coarse side.
1. x sinocalycanthus Hartlage Wine
2. x sinocalycanthus Venus.
The 3rd picture is a mock orange called philadephus purpurescens.
The purpurescens part refers to the dark purple calyx. It really sets off the pure white flowers well.
I like it best just before the flowers fully open.