What's a good year-round shade plant?

Question

I have a flower bed by my front porch that never gets direct sunlight. Whats a good plant that will live all year round and is pretty and low maintenance? We live in Oklahoma where the winters are fairly mild.

Answer 1

Anything listed as an indoor plant.
spathyphyllums, rhaphis palms, chameodora palms, ferns, philodendrons,dieffenbachia, bromilliads, aglaonemas, calathea, etc

Answer 2

Hosta and Astilbe are the old shady standbys. If you can use something with some height, Ligularia 'The Rocket' is stunning, maybe for a corner. There a lots of new Heuchera cultivars recently that will add lots of colorful foliage. Also Dicentra (Bleeding Heart), Lamium, Alchemilla, Pulmonaria.....Look them up, they'll all work in the shade. These are all herbaceous perennials (they die back to the ground in the winter). If you'[re looking for something more shrubby, try Clethra (Summersweet), All of the Cornus species, or Viburnum.

Answer 3

I would try an evergreen ground cover- check your local nurseries for a variety that doe s well in your area.Also you could leave asmall border space open for a few flowering annuals to plant in early spring. Impatients are an excellent choice for shade, and come in avariety of colors that bloom for months with only care needed being water 2-3 x week. Good luck.

Answer 4

i might plant some HYDRANGEA for the reason this is a shrub, and that i think of it would thrive on your climatic circumstances. It blooms from might to September. i might additionally advise RHODODENDRON, that's an evergreen shrub, yet can advance to 10/15 feet intense and produces appealing plant life June to mid July, or how approximately ZALEA yet another appealing evergreen shrub, grows approximately 10ft, and produces appealing pink or pink blooms in previous due spring, however the plant life are services to frost, in spite of the undeniable fact that can produce some beauties. i think of that all and sundry of those might do properly on your area of the international.

Answer 5

Hostas
Bleeding Hearts

Answer 6

Hostas are a nice shade plant as are Hydrangeas. The hydrangea wants a little more sun than the hosta, but both are nice to have as part of a garden.

Answer 7

Ferns are nice. They are easy to maintain and need minimal shade about ten percent. Make sure to water them a lot.

Answer 8

Impatiens, begonia, four O'clock, ferns, pothos, vinca, there are lots........want cuttings or seeds?

Answer 9

ferns/mist with water