Beginner Gardening: Shade Garden, 1 by plantaholic2

plantaholic2 wrote:
Brise d' Anjou Polemonium can often disappear after the first year or two. It doesn't seem to be very stable. You may want to look at Stairway to Heaven. I've been very happy with it.

A colorful groundcover you may like is Lamium Purple Dragon. I planted two 4" pots of them fall of '05 and this pic was taken last year in October. It was still blooming a bit then. This spot gets some late afternoon sun after 3.