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by dishmanlady on April 15, 2005 11:35 PM

the back side of my house gets No Sun whatsoever and the only thing that's growing there is a few weeds. i want to dig it out and put a shade bed there. i Love hostas, but some of the lighter colored ones need a little light to do good, and i just want some other things back there with some hostas, but don't know what will do well. as i said there's no sun there ever and the ground stays kinda wet.
suggestions?

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by tkhooper on April 16, 2005 01:23 AM

Here is the link for full shade plants

The Garden Helper

There is also one for trees and shrubs and one for partial shade.

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by rozy221 on April 16, 2005 07:50 AM

Astilbe is a nice perennial for full shade. Maybe a fern?

by tkhooper on April 16, 2005 02:16 PM

I've seen the bleeding hearts in really pretty pinks and reds.

The Lily of the Valley are cute but didn't bloom for very long for me.

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by dishmanlady on April 16, 2005 08:21 PM

oooh i like the link there. some things i'd never seen before, like the shooting star and the bugleweed. and i Love ferns and hostas, i just thought they needed Some sun. and i want to try the hellebores (spelling?) from the link thingy too. only recently started liking those.

thanks for the suggestions yall

i'm getting all anxious now!

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by tkhooper on April 16, 2005 10:21 PM

The time betweem idea and getting started is always like that for me too. I hope you will post pictures if you can when it is done.

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