Perennials for shade, some under a tree

Grandad99

As brightly coloured as possible to help my partially sighted wife enjoy them.

Photos taken early morning, midday and early evening this week.  Current greenery is the
emerging tulips

erging tulips.

Silvertabby

I'm a great fan of hellebores for early colour.  Then hardy geraniums for most of the summer.  Both are easy care.

Green_hopeful

Cyclamen are good in dry shade. Might be a bit small. 

KittenChops

If the area gets a bit of sun, one of these?  I had one in previous garden, loved it so much I bought another last year (they are very hardy)
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/293050/lamprocapnos-spectabilis-gold-heart-pbr/details

twopenny

Yellow is the colour that is most easy to see.

That and colour against a dark background.

Old fashioned pot marigolds now come in orange and yellow and bloom all year though will need to be at the front for more light.

There are a lot of white Helebores which is a good spot.

Primroses stand out at this time of year and thickly planted dwarf daffs are so cheery.

There is a dark leaved shrub with white flowers, partially scented and a Daphne has strong scent and the flowers glow. I'll have to remember the name but I'm due out now so I'll pop back in tonight and edit.

-taff

if you fancied a look yourself, try this pae where you can put i your conditions and what you''re after. It may help a bit

https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/search-form

Dustyevsky

Silvertabby said:

I'm a great fan of hellebores for early colour.  Then hardy geraniums for most of the summer.  Both are easy care.

They should be the lighter coloured varieties, though. I've got around 20-25 hellebores blooming right now, but thanks to breeding for 'blackness' years ago, most are unimpressive, especially in the shade. Likewise, a 'Warley Pink' geranium will be more visible than most varieties of phaeum, or even some blues.

Grandad99

Is the Worley Pink a perennial?

Dustyevsky

Grandad99 said:

Is the Worley Pink a perennial?

Very. After a couple of years, you can split it and make more. There are also some macrorrihzum cultivars that are bright, and they're all bombproof. e.g. https://www.cranesbillnursery.com/all-plants/macrorrhizum-album

-taff

i have a pink geranium [ hardy] that comes back every year, it's quite bright but I can't remember the name sorry....actually, it ight be wargrave pink...

Slinky

KittenChops said:

If the area gets a bit of sun, one of these?  I had one in previous garden, loved it so much I bought another last year (they are very hardy)
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/293050/lamprocapnos-spectabilis-gold-heart-pbr/details

Thanks so much for posting this. Yesterday I was looking at the start of something coming up, couldn't think what it might be and now I remember it's a Bleeding Heart. Was toying with digging it out as a weed!