How about a cranesbill? There are some really sprawling cultivars that will cover quite a bit of ground and they are happy in part shade...you have to read the tags though to find one that is more prostrate and not upright.

Sweet woodruff? I love this groundcover, and it seems to do quite well in my rather dry shade. Cranesbill is a good idea too. Never thought of using it as a groundcover.

Just remembered. I have a shade garden on the northwestern side of my house (maybe an hour of early afternoon sun) which has been absolutely, totally neglected this year. It was wonderfully, gorgeously wild there this year - it is my oldest garden and is fairly established. In one spot, under some dwarf azaleas, I have a patch of rockcress (arabis??) which has spread nicely. It does grow out onto a pathway, so I usually just snip it off here and there when I think of it and plunk it down elsewhere to root. I think I've only watered this garden once this year, and that was pretty lightly too. The rockcress does quite well despite my neglect. The small white flowers were nothing to write home about (or maybe mine just didn't bloom well in the shade) but I like this plant for the foliage anyway.

:)
Dee

Another possibility might be a groundcover Campanula, like C. cochlearifolia or C. poscharskyana. Both of these tolerate dry conditions and some shade in my garden, though they aren't really tall enough to hide daffodil foliage. Alchemilla mollis also tolerates dry conditions once established, and it is very good for hiding daffodil foliage. I have it around some Baptisia australis in a very dry bed.
-Caroline

Why not go with a native, Allegheny spurge, Pachysandra procumbens?

Thanks for all the responses so far! I forgot all about Cranesbill, this is a good possibility. I have Pachysandra in another site, it spreads too fast for where I want to plant. Like the ladys mantle idea too. Does anyone have experience with blue Plumbago?

Jen

Hmm, I've got some blue plumbago out in that neglected shade garden. Can't remember seeing it in my last foray out there. It may be covered by everything else in that jungle. I'll take a look and see if I can find it and report on it's condition!

Dee

Pachysandra procumbens is a slow spreading species. The one commonly sold is from japan and will take over.