Which annuals do well in shade?
Mimulus
Schizanthus
Nemophilia

Impatiens are my perennial favorite for annuals in my climate.

I have always used a lot of impatiens but with the disease running rampant in them, this year I am going to

Use begonias and foliage plants like Coleus and Coral Bells (Heuchera) for color.

The thread "Impatiens disease across America" in All Things Gardening forum



edited to add link to info.

I saw some red-on-red wax begonias today. I liked them a lot, but talked myself out of an impulse purchase...for once.

Begonias - wax, tuberous, etc.
New Guinea impatiens (not susceptible to downey mildew)
balsam
coleus
torenia
lobelia
caladium
hypoestrum
nicotiana

Karen

Most Coleus do really well in shade.

Do coleus stand up in 80-90 degree heat? are there more heat tolerant shade coleus?

In my experience coleus love heat and humidity. Only certain ones will tolerate hot sun though.

Karen

Some of my favorite plants I use for containers that do well in shade are yellow shrimp plant, cassandra plant, Mona lavender, fuschia gartenmeister, begonia bonfire, elephant ears, rex begonia vine, begonia sparks will fly, cuphea, coleus, jenny, purple oxalis, ferns, evolvus, datura, silver sage plant. They have all fared well in my hot humid summers.

Thanks for sharing Susan. I got some good suggestions from your list.

I did too!
Thanks.

I like to attract the hummers and once the trees grew & turned my sun garden into shade I was on the lookout for plants that would draw in the humming birds. The gartenmeister, Mona Lavender, cuphea and coleus all do that.

Me, I was just trying to figure out what to do with an outdoor brick wall shower that came with the house I just bought. Mostly shade and just wide enough to fit in a horse trough to put ferns, laminum, huercheras, hellebore and hosta in. Don't know whether there's anything remotely interesting to the hummingbirds here...

They may visit the hosta in bloom.

Begonia 'sparks will fly' was new this year and I was really happy to see it at my local farmer's market.


I liked it so much I ordered more online from Burpee


Here they are planted together & starting to bloom. Love the flower color. The underside of the foliage is purple.

Is it a tuberous one or the fibrous kind?
Looks pretty!

CarolineScott said:Is it a tuberous one or the fibrous kind?
Looks pretty!

Begonia x hybrida

I'll have to look them up as I am not sure what that means?
Hybrid between the two types or hybrid of two tuberous? or two fibrous?

Here is the cuphea in the shade. Does much better than I expected.

Here is the fushia gartenmeister


Begonia bonfire


Yellow shrimp with cassandra