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Posted: April 24 2006 at 7:00pm | IP Logged Quote Christine
Can anyone recommend some flowers that do well in the shade and look good in hanging baskets?

I bought a couple of pretty metal baskets with coco fillers (I think that's the name ~ my nausea and tiredness are wiping out my memory) to hang from our back deck. The one side gets a little bit of morning sun and the other side gets a little bit of afternoon sun.

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Posted: April 24 2006 at 11:15pm | IP Logged Quote Jen L.
I'm no plant expert, but I love impatiens for this purpose.

Here are a couple of links (I'm sure that others will post more GREAT ideas)

Shade loving Annuals

This one looks fun:
Shade loving plants for hummingbirds


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Posted: April 25 2006 at 5:33am | IP Logged Quote Lissa
Impatiens would be a good choice. They're always so cheerful, and they love the shade.

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Posted: April 25 2006 at 6:12am | IP Logged Quote lilac hill
I have used most of the shade plants in Jen's link. I did find that in the hotter months pansies and fushias did not thrive.
I popped them out of the planter, replanted in a shady spot, fertilized and cut them back for late summer, early fall bloom.
I really liked my tuberous begonia(before it died from a fungus brought in from the greenhouse).
I have found that along the shady walk, I love the variety of red, pink and green coleus. It requires less maintenence and looks good with just one or 2 impatiens if you wish.
Sometimes I replant part of the containers to revive the plants. My shade at the door is deep shade so even the shade plants have a hard time blooming without a chance at some partial sun.
Because I am forgetful and distracted by other things in the summer, I now have only one planter in the deep shade. And also because of my distractability, one of the girls waters the plants in the AM.

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Posted: April 25 2006 at 7:17am | IP Logged Quote Christine
Thank you for the links and the recommendations. I might try Viv's recommendation of the begonia, along with the impatiens.

I really like the idea of assigning the watering to a child.

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