Shade Gardening: Good shade plant combinations, 1 by doss

doss wrote:
On the right side you are correct that it is an azalea. It's a kurume but I don't know the name for it. Kurumes have small flowers but they all bloom at the same time so the plant is covered in flowers. The do go through a kind of ugly stage after they flower so it's best to plant the same cultivars in an area so you don't get attention drawn to one that is not at it's best. They do come in red. I have Hino Crimson and it's really beautiful. Some of them get big so it's good to check that out. Of course you can prune them after blooming to keep them smaller but you have to remember to do it! Hino Crimson is only supposed to get to be 3 feet tall.

Here it is with dichondra, hellebores and some variegated pteris. There's some button fern in there too.