North facing front garden

Any suggestions please for plants for baskets, window boxes and containers for my shady front garden. Have got some nasturtiums I've grown from seed and some busy lizzie plugs coming along but would love some other ideas. A friend has told me fuscias grow in shady spots..but does this apply to all of them? Also grown lots of colourful coleus plants from seed..but think they need sun?? Help please!!

 

I would also be very interested in any replies. I have a courtyard which is entirely in the shade all day. I have found busy lizzies okay they take forever to flower though with no sun. Same with lobelias they last a long time at the end of the season and look really healthy but take forever to flower in the first place, Petunias seem to do okay but get a little leggy. I am just going to keep rotating this year with the ones on the patio so they all get a little sun at some point.

 

Think the idea of moving pots and baskets from a sunny site into the naff shady area is a good idea. At least that way there is more choice..just hope I can be bothered as the season progresses. Unless someone comes up with a better suggestion I'll follow your idea elliegreenwellie..thanks.

 

Fuschias do like shade, but also need some sun or they will become leggy.
You could try Dahlias- but there again they need a bit of sun.Coleus flourish in shade so I would try them. remember to nip out any flowers that appear to prolong them though.
There are some wonderful ferns around at the moment. Google "ursulas red" and "japanese painted" to name a couple.
Or you could even introduce some tiny shrubs for the season. Cheap as chips at about 1.99 euonymous with the small variegated leaves would do the trick
Hope this helps

 

Tirallea

 

The thread is over 16 years old @Alpine2 , so I expect they've found something!
Tiarellas, Heucheras and Heucherellas are certainly good in shady sites, and manage in containers and baskets too, so would have been ideal for the OP.

 

Oh sorry I don't look at dates. It was a link I clicked on to see how it was answered. It was under answered so I added to the catalogue. Plus I needed to write Heuchera etc but was pushed for time. I'll continue to add to outdated threads if I so happen to be on one for complete information. My mind thinks differently sorry

 

I wasn't criticising @Alpine2 - it was just in case you hadn't noticed.
Most people tend to start new threads if they're looking for ideas, and there's been a few quite recently.