Turkscap hibiscus
hosta
blue perennial lobelia
cardinal lobelia
aquilegia
semi-aquilegia
foxgloves
chelone
sweet woodruff

There's a few!!

Monkshood
Bergenia
Iresine
nicotiana

These all work in more shade than you'd think in Atlanta.

Oh good, I have wintersown some of those. Now I can begin planning my shade gardens. Keep those ideas coming! Nikki

My best shade perennials are not from seed, but from cuttings: Persian Shield (strobilanthes) and Alpinia, both the green and the variegated gingers. Shrimp plant is good too in shade, and begonias.

Nell

Astilbe, trollius, coneflowers, goatsbeard, ferns, jacobs ladder

Thanks for sharing your ideas Nell and ianna. Coneflowers work in the shade too? Great idea! I'm sure they will provide lots of color and I have just the spot. Nik

Coneflowers work in light or part shaded areas. It doesn't thrive in very deep shade. You will have to experiment. I grow mine in shaded and also part shade locations and they seem to be fine.

Here are some more plants to look into several are not for wintersowing.

others that can thrive in shaded but not deep shade areas - are toad lilies, agapanthus, astrantias, corral bells, veronica.

For deeper shade areas I've used coral bells, bleeding hearts (although these go dormant during summer, brunnera, lunaria.

As things get into even deeper shade, you start getting limited choices for flowers. One to try are trilliums.

Anemone also works in part shade or light shade areas (but warning they do go rampant)

Try this odd but cute looking plant. Arisarum proboscideum - looks like little purple mice with sword shaped leaves. does well in shaded area.

Impatiens and fire spike bloom beautifully in deep shade. Impatiens require a lot of water, but they are worth it, IMHO.

Fire spike is loved by the hummingbird and butterfly, and is seldom bothered by harmful insects.

Janie

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:636998}}

Whenever impatiens are mentioned, it always reminds me about begonias. They grow well in shade with less watering but are not quite as spectacular in bloom as impatiens.

Don't forget the classic southern shrubs: hydrangeas and azaleas and camellias all prefer shade. Gardenias, too. All can be grown from cuttings.

By the way, many perennials and annuals listed for 'full sun' in cooler climates appreciate some afternoon shade in Georgia. Do you consult the UGA hort web site?

Nell

Hellebores

In my zone 7 garden, the following do well in varying degrees of partial shade and dapplled sunlight:

astilbe, fernleaf bleeding heart (dicentra eximia), hydranges, daylilies, forsythia, cimicifuga racemosa, hosta, jasmine 'Madison', primrose, anemone, brunnera 'Jack Frost', perennial forget-me-not, epimedium, chelone, liriopes, azaleas, yew, mountain laurel, sweet woodruff, hardy geranium, solomon's seal, jacob's ladder, lady's mantle, magnolia grandiflora, sweet bay magnolia, servicberry (amelanchier), hardy gloxinia (incarvillea delavayi), ferns, goldenseal, ginger (asarum), pulmonaria, leucothoe, calycanthus (Carolina sweet shrub), great blue lobelia, lobelia cardinalis, rhododendron, pieris, clethra alnifolia, fothergilla, hellebores, tree peony, deutzias, tradescantias.

... forgot the columbine - and they definitely can be wintersown.

Don't have corydalis yet - that also does well in shade and self-sows quite well.