Shade Gardening: What grows in the dark, practically?, 1 by doss

doss wrote:
This vine is in a raised planter next to the fence. It would solve many problems for you. First, boypup (who I looked up - they are really cute) couldn't reach the vine. Secondly, it makes the soil problem go away if you used new top soil for the planter. In fact, you might consider using raised beds all around the fence, or at least berms to give your plants a better foothold.

Here's an Hellebore. It will hold it's flowers far into the spring. If you want a real Hellebore rush though see Sunfarm. With a caveat. Their reviews on the watchdog are mixed. Mostly concerns about packing not being adequate. I'm going to order some - when I figure out which ones!

http://sunfarm.com/index.phtml