Tell me about an attractive, relatively large shade plant for side bed along house

[Anonymous]

+1 for rhodies! Also, though incredibly expensive hellebores are lovely, fragrant mounding perennials.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gingko

nope-messy and smelly.

[Anonymous]

Most of the Gingkos you will find now in commerce are the non-fruiting hybrids or 'male' and Gingkos, especially the dwarf varieties are a spectacular choice but Gingkos don't really fit the criteria of deep shade. Rhododendrons in the DMV are very very tough to grow but the ones that do well - do very well but heat and humidity their enemies.

[Anonymous]

trilliums, wild violets, mayapples

[Anonymous]

I recomment Bellwort (Uvularia)