Shade Gardening: What is/are your favorite midwestern shade plant(s)?, 1 by Equilibrium

Equilibrium wrote:
Oh Lucky You! They're all beautiful and you have so many different species.

I have only two different species of violet on my property. The one shown below which nobody ever could get a positive id on and another all white which we were able to id but gosh darnit... I never took a photo of the white one. I have about 7 or 8 of the violet shown below scattered about and about 3 of the white woodland violet. They are remnants. Hoepfully if I keep clearing out the buckthorn, they will reproduce.

I do have 3 birdsfoot violets up front that just bloom their little hearts out but those are plants for sun. I do know I want more of those. I purchased those at a native plant sale locally and am quite pleased with them.