Beginner Gardening: Need help choosing shade loving plants, 1 by LeawoodGardener

LeawoodGardener wrote:
Nice! It looks like you're using Lysimachia "Goldilocks", which is one of my favorites. Someone (on DG) asked me if I was worried that it might be invasive, but I have not had that experience - I keep it in place by trimming, but it also pulls up easily, so I'm not concerned.

I planted it here, along the street, to give me a 'buffer' between the curb and my boxwood hedge bordering a flower bed. I've tried to grow ivy in this spot for three years and finally gave up and put in the lysimachia. This is how it looked 18 months after I planted it. This area gets lots of foot traffic with neighborhood kids and dog walkers and it holds up under the abuse.