What flowering plant does not need a lot of sun?
BEGONIA (Begonia spp. Begonia is a popular bedding plant, providing months of continuous color from summer into fall. Single or double flowers occur in a wide range of colors. Use this shade-loving plant in pots, hanging baskets, and to brighten up shady areas of the yard. Read more about how to grow begonia plants. Plants with attractive foliage, like coleus, offer reliable season-long color with a nearly endless array of colors. Other reliable foliage standbys include Japanese painted fern, sweet potato vine, and Rex begonias. Flowering plants like impatiens, fuchsias, or begonias such as ‘Bonfire’ add color.Shade-loving flowers aren’t too hard to find—check your local garden store. Try impatiens, coleus, sweet potato vines, violas, petunias, pansies, hostas, astilbes, and trilliums. They look great and will thrive in full to partial shade.Thriller Plants for Shade Examples: Hardy Fuchsia, Wallich’s Wood Fern (Dryopteris wallichiana), Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum), Cordyline, Coleus, Gartenmeister Fuchsias.
What plants will grow in a container in shade?
Many are reliably hardy and do well in containers, such as Japanese painted fern, maidenhair fern, wood fern, and lady fern. Plant as a stand-alone element in a formal container or hanging basket. Combine as a “filler” with coleus, creeping Jenny, vinca, caladium, or coral bells. There are even herbaceous perennials that will look great in containers in autumn and winter – either from their foliage or their autumnal flowers. Go for the following: Heuchera, Hylotelephium (sedums), Japanese anemones, Liriope muscari, Persicaria (red bistort) and Symphyotrichum (asters, Michaelmas daisies).Perennials do particularly well in the shade, and you’ll find a huge variety for darker areas of your garden. Some, like Bergenia cordifolia (Elephant’s Ears) and Convallaria (Lily-of-the-Valley) work equally well in damp or dry shade. Some you’ll need to pick according to the conditions in your garden.Best perennials for containers: Hostas – great for shade. Bellflower – eye-catching flowers. Lavender – drought-tolerant and fragrant.