Shade Gardening: Need ideas for dappled shade area. , 2 by ottahand7

ottahand7 wrote:
I love weerobin's suggestions of Caryopteris Snow Fairy and the Syneilesis aconitifolia - both wonderful drought tolerant plants and the C. is great for fall pollinators as it blooms here in MD in September most years.

I also love Aruncus - all of the photos I have show come from our MD garden that has dappled shade for the most part - high canopy oaks and maples.

The gold variegated Liriope is nice and is not aggressive like the solid colored. I also love the Japanese painted ferns and there are so many different variations in cool tones. If you like ferns with warmer coloring the Dryopteris erythrosora Brilliance is nice. I also love Vinca minor Illumination for a slow growing ground cover. Unlike the common Vinca it has not escaped into the woods and I have had to baby it to get a nice colony about 10 x10 and that has taken years. I also love Ariseama triphyllum the common Jack in the Pulpit. It can take quite a bit of sun and drought.

One plant that we grow in MD I would caution against as a plant to grow in MI which is Aegopodium (Bishop's Weed- Snow on the Mountain) - in the cold climate it turns into a monster. In MD it is a wimpy creeping ground cover. I made the mistake to bring it to our cabin the MI's UP and it is taking over.