| what is a good plant for a border in a shady area. do not want it to grow very high |
| There are a lot of choices for shade loving plants. Here are a few suggestions: Perennials Aconitum spp. - Monkshood Ajuga reptans - Bugleweed Alchemilla vulgaris - Lady's Mantle Anemone spp. - Anemone - Aquilegia spp. and hybrids - Columbine Asarum europaeum - European Wild Ginger Aspelnium platyneuron - Ebony Spleenwort Astilbe spp. - Astilbe Athyrium spp. - Lady Fern, Japanese Painted Fern Bergenia spp. and hybrids - Bergenia Botrychium spp. - Grape Fern - I (neutral soils) Brunnera macrophylla - Siberian Bugloss Campanula spp. - Bellflower Chrysogonum virginianum - Goldstar Convallaria majalis - Lily-of-the-Valley Cryptogramma crispa - American Rock Brake Dicentra spp. - Bleeding Heart Digitalis spp - Foxglove Disporum lanuginosum - Fairy-Bells Doronicum cordatum - Leopard's Bane Dryopteris spp. - Ferns Epimedium spp. - Epimedium Filipendula spp. - Dropwort Galium odoratum - Sweet Woodruff Geranium spp. - Cranesbill Helleborus spp. - Hellebore Hosta spp. - Hosta Heuchera sanguinea - Coralbells Liriope spicata - Creeping Lilyturf Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal Flower Lysimachia punctata - Loosestrife Mertensia virginica - Virginia Bluebells Osmunda cinnamomea -Cinnamon Fern Physostegia virginiana - Obedience Plant Polemonium caeruleum - Jacob's-ladder Polygonatum spp. - Solomon's Seal Primula spp. - Primrose Pulmonaria angustifolia - Lungwort Smilacina racemosa - False Solomon's Seal Thalictrum spp. - Meadow Rue |
