i cant get the picture to load, so here is the link. its the first picture, plant on the bottom.

http://www.rootsinreality.com/tag/gardening-resources/page/2/

just to throw a monkey wrench into all this ... have you planted your bulbs yet .. lol ...

and if you are planning on such.. you can use annuals over them .. after they bloom and are starting to go dormant ....

but.. if you fill it all up with perennials... which is just fine ... then you may not have room ...

ken

good point, i have not planted the bulbs but for this spot i wouldn't be planting bulbs anyway. But i like that point because where i was going to plants the bulbs i absolutely would like some annuals, two birds with one post ! ha

Do you mean the plant in the same picture with the Liriope? That's a Sedum. Maybe S rupestre. Not a good shade plant. Not an annual. And it spreads.

Regarding planting perennials amongst bulbs, it's not a problem. It works fine.

Sedum, yep i googled and that is the one i was talking about. I don't care about annual, I can use the annual in a different spot. This plant im looking for would need to be perennial, but it does need to be shade tolerant. so that rules it out i guess

How about Hakone grass AKA Japanese forest grass? It spreads very slowly, like a foot every 10 years. Available as green, gold, and variegated.

carex, ophiogon, asplenium.

thanks yall, i will look them up

Depending on your preference of spreading versus clump forming also look at Dicentra 'Luxuriant'. It blooms from April til frost here and is strictly clump forming.

I love the Deicentra. I have seen them before but for some reason i thought they were more broad leaf so i didn't think about them. Im going to have to look more into those and see how well they do in my area.. anyone else know ?

These are a different type of dicentra than the Spring blooming ephemerals (although mine are still hanging out).

Hellebore foetidus - astonishing deep, deep green finely palmate leafage, charmingly understated flowers, especially the Wester Flisk group. Looks good all year round.