Comments on: 9 Super Plants for Shady Containers

By: 5 Plants You Can Use to Add Privacy To Your Balcony

5 Plants You Can Use to Add Privacy To Your Balcony — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:34:44 +0000

[...] you have a shady balcony, then foxgloves are your friend. They come in all sorts of colors and can grow to 5 feet tall. Put them in a 2 foot tall pot and [...]

By: meryemilymay

meryemilymay — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:49:07 +0000

i would like to grow foxgloves they are goegeous also the bleeding hearts

By: Fern

Fern — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:51:54 +0000

Bob–There are waaaay more than just these nine plants that are shade tolerant. Or even these nine plus the two you mentioned. I do like huecheras, but I’m not a fan of hostas. I think there are a lot more interesting plants than hostas for shade, and they tend to get kind of bushy and take over in containers.

invisiblebees–I’ve never grown bleeding hearts in a container myself. I did plant them in some pots for a client, but they were on a drip system, so there would be no need to mist them. That being said, the humidity level in coastal California is usually 70 or 80 percent. In the shade, most pots stay nice and moist, especially glazed containers.

By: invisiblebees

invisiblebees — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:01:34 +0000

Do you grow Bleeding Hearts on your SoCal balcony, Fern? If so, do you find you have to mist them so they don’t dry out/scorch in the lower humidity? Or… do you get plenty of humidity in Long Beach? Thanks!

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:29:01 +0000

I have also seen both heuchera and hosta grown in shade containers for great color/texture.