I've shown pics from my main shade garden here before. Here is another one. This one is under the birch tree that is dying. The hawthorn bush is so big now, though, that I think these plants will be alright. But the main shade garden might get too much sun once the big birch is gone.

My Hosta Blue Hawaii.

Connie, what is that red flower you have in the center of the first pic?

Do you mean the Maltese Cross? There are some in that bed, tucked in behind everything else. T,his is the first year where they've only had a few blooms. I think it's because the Hawthorne bush is so big now, the Maltese Cross are in dark shade.

Ok that makes sense but I didn't think they were big on shade.

No, and I prefer them in this spot. They have never spread from this spot. Mom has some someone gave her and she put them in full sun 3-4 years ago. They spread like wildfire and now she can't get rid of them.

Here, they fry in full sun.

Karen

I have two in different part shade areas. They do well. I had another that was in a shadier location it it got over grown by taller perennials

My shade garden is coming out of its slumber.

Awesome, Julia. Exciting! Mine is still full of last year's leaves.

This is the clean half, other side is a mess.

Mine is finally all cleaned , with only a couple of things starting to break ground.

Bob, I hope to be there after Thursday. Thursday is supposed to be nice and warm, and sunny. I hope to be finishing up all the yard clean up then.

I think I'll be a couple more weeks. Just no time, and when I do have time, it rains.

Karen

Weeding around some of my treasures today.

This was lurking in the weeds.


Time to move to a different garden.

i saw a little 6" baby last week in my garden

Thought it might be still to cold for them. Hope it ate lots of slugs, do they eat slugs?

Julia is that the native Mayapple in the middle of the top picture? Looks like it is starting to spread.

Yes it is. I'm getting a little nervous about these plants, spotty dotty has sent a shoot 18 inches from the mother plant. Could these be invasive one day?