Question
We have window boxes that get almost no direct sunlight. Can you recommend what might work in shade - it would be nice to have some foliage plants and some repeat blooming plants - or at least seasonal blooming plants. Thank you!
Linda
Santa Rosa
Answer
It is difficult to find plants that bloom well in deep shade. Fibrous begonias will probably be the most successful. Impatiens may work as well though will not bloom as heavily. There is lots of foliage that would be happy: Lysimachia (creeping jenny), Lamium (dead nettle), fern, Hosta, variegated small leaf ivy, colorful Coleus and Liriope. Cyclamen will be happy in the fall and winter months. You might get some summer bloom out of perennial Campanula and Tradescantia too.
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