What are the best plants for 100% shade?

Question

I have an area 14 x 20 at the edge of my house which is totally under a huge shade tree. Grass doesn't grow there, but I would like some sort of plant which doesn't need direct sunlight. A huge window overlooks this area and I am tired of just seeing dirt.

Answer 1

I have a total shade area also in my backyard, so I planted a fern garden with some flowers. It is beautiful. I put in Lady fern, blue moon hosta, maidenhair fern and Australian tree fern. For color, I put in some begonias and double primrose and a rhododendron.

Answer 2

Ferns, Azaleas, Caladiums. Some flowers grow in shade. Do a search on the net and you will get hundreds of ideas.

Answer 3

some vauluabe suggestions to use in this situation are:
Philodendron selloum, Aspidistra elator, Rhapis spp. , Clivia miniata, Fatsia japonica, Aucuba japonica, Cyclamen perciscum, Hosta, Nephrolepis cordifoila, Dryopteris spp, and Asplenium bulbiferum

Answer 4

Helleborus do great in dense shade and they flower in the winter. Here are some pics of the flowers:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A9gnMiEWncBGHzkBZA.JzbkF?p=helleborus&ei=UTF-8&x=wrt

Answer 5

perennials: vinca, forget-me-not, garden looseleaf, primrose, violet, viola, pansy, calla lilly, jacob's ladder, redwood sorrel, liriope, english iris, impatiens, wood geranium, gentia, liy-of-the-valley, hosta, heuchera, wood anemone, japanese anemone, columbine, astilbe, hardy begonia, amsonia, acanthus, himalyan poppy, scilla, dusty miller, wake robin, saxifrage, rehmannia, narcissus and daffodil, double fernleaf peony, galdwin iris, english iris, hellebore, sweet woodruff, bleeding heart, cyclamen, crassula, wild ginger, monk's hood

Answer 6

Hostas and there are many different variety's for color, texture and size variety. Mix them up.

Answer 7

calaidiums and touch me nots are good