Rudbeckia
This genus includes the well-known golden glow and R. nitida var. Autumn Sun, growing five feet high. It bears attractive primrose yellow flowers. The giant purple coneflower, often classed as a rudbeckia, is really an Echinacea, growing three or more feet tall, bearing reddish purple flowers and is very attractive in groups bordering a woods or shrubbery belt, presenting a rustic aspect and remaining a long time in bloom.
Thalictrum—Meadow Rue
The white form of T. aquilegifolium is a very handsome plant, doing fairly well in open shade, flowering in fluffy masses of white.
Veronica—Speedwell
These are all good, but V. longifolia subsessilis is by far the finest of the taller growers, reaching a height of three feet, and bearing long slender spikes of deep blue flowers.
SOME OF THE BEST PLANTS FOR SHADY POSITIONS
- Aconitum—Monk's-hood
- Actæa spicata—Baneberry
- Amsonia
- Anemone Pennsylvanica—Wind Flower
- Convallaria—Lily-of-the-valley
- Dielytra—Bleeding-heart
- Ferns
- Funkia—Plantain Lily
- Hepaticas—Liver Leaf
- Thalictrum—Meadow Rue
- Trillium—Wake Robin
- Mertensia Virginica—Virginia Blue Bells