Best perennial shade tolerant plants?

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  1. Cerulean64x

    Cerulean64x New Member

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    I live in an apartment complex, and due to a friendly land manager can plant what i like. On the north side there is a strip that once housed weeds and compacted clay that i have planted with some hardy winter greens, and i am wondering what else the forum would recommend as good shade tolerant perennials. I live in central Mississippi, USA(hot and humid summers, mild winters with occasional freezes). I found some things, but I know there are likely to be dozens more, some quite possibly better suited to the situation.
     
  2. Aaronj

    Aaronj Junior Member

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    Here are some thoughts:

    Allium ursinum - L. Wild Garlic
    Amphicarpaea bracteata - Hog Peanut
    Akebia quinata - Akebia
    Aralia nudicaulis - Wild Sarsaparilla
    Asarum caudatum - Wild Ginger
    Cephalotaxus Sp. - plum yew
    Chaenomeles japonica - Dwarf Quince
    Chimaphila umbellata - Pipsissewa (medicinal)

    Heres a list of shade tolerant plants : https://www.pfaf.org/database/search_prop.php?HARD=4&HARD=5&HARD=6&HARD=7&SHADE=F
     
  3. Grahame

    Grahame Senior Member

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    Pipsissewa gets my vote for favourite new word. I think I will be using it in reference to all sorts of things totally unrelated to the plant :)
     
  4. palalab

    palalab Junior Member

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    I have successfully planted the following in containers on our balcony which faces North and gets effectively no direct sunlight:

    Hosta
    Geranium
    Hydrangea
    Blue cineraria
    Begonia

    Gabriel
    The Permaculture Fast Track
    https://home.comcast.net/~palalab
     
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