Shade Gardening: Suggestions of Plants for Fairly Deep Shade, 1 by chris_h

chris_h wrote:
Gardenlady, That picture is from last fall and the tallish pink flowered plant under the window is an aster. (is that the right one?) That is the sunnier side of the garden. It's the south side of the house but gets some shade from nearby trees. I'm surprised that aster blooms as well as it does because that end of the garden is fairly shady.

The other side of the path is shaded by the same trees and a very tall house and gets only a little filtered morning sun and a little filtered late afternoon sun.

Yes, there are Japanese waxbells on the shady side. I don't know how you spotted them. the little pink flowers on that side are the begonia grandis.

Here's a picture taken from the other end on 4/22. You may notice we removed the magnolia in front. We just couldn't keep it away from the roof and gutters. Haven't decided what to replace it with yet.