For my garden, the ones that thrive in shade:
Hostas
this geranium loves the shade as well:
This is a portion of my garden early morning, in shade, it is in a west facing part. Schefflera, spider plants, china doll, tillandsia and assorted succulents love this area and they thrive well. It is a semi-shady area as it gets full sun around noon time till about 2 pm and then back to shade again once the sun is shielded by the trees outside our property.
