That's beautiful! Now I want to see the backyard LOL. The brightness of the impatiens will be hard to match. Since you're open to making a big change, have you considered adding shrubs on the right to balance the shrubs you have on the left?

Thanks. That's actually the back, although--as with many farm homes--it's where the parking is and the entrance we all use. Yes, I'ved tried planting Annabelle hydrangeas on the other side, but they never make it past the first couple of years which is diasappearing. I'll try something there again one of these days. I'm thinking about Kerria.

You could plant some white-variegated hostas where the impatiens are.

Love the photos. I had considered hosta patriot. I may out that back on the shortlist. I guess the main reason I had sort of moved past it is because my other hostas look so ratty from about July on. How do yours hold up thru summer?

My impatiens get filtered shade from trees the entire day.

Do you have deer, groundhogs or rabbits to contend with?

Jack Frost looks great and deer leave it alone in my area. Consider mixing in some white-flowering perennials that like part shade and bloom at different times such as astilbe.

Add a couple pockets of white impatiens in the bed.

We have surprisingly little problem with wildlife, knock on wood!

My Patriots look great all summer; they’re tough hostas that receive no supplemental water or any care from me at all except for spraying deer repellent. But I’m in Michigan, so your results may vary!

I have very heavy deer pressure. Neither deer nor rabbits bother my Jack Frost! And the spring flowers are such a welcome sight after winter.

Yes, Kansas is a lot hotter and drier than Michigan, but that's good to hear. Another reason I shiied away from hostas is because so often their "white" is pretty yelllowy creamy. But the white on Patriots is pretty white, right?

I love variegated hostas but usually tend more toward those yellowy/chartreusey/creamy ones rather than the white and green. However one hosta that I love is Ivory Queen. I got it from the garden of a friend who was moving. I always admired it in her garden and now every time I pass it in mine it catches my eye. I love it.

Can't say for sure how much it will pop in the shade for you, as the white (for me at least so far) is a smaller area per leaf than the green, but perhaps with a smaller (single row) edging of your white impatiens it might make a nice combination. It's not as impactful as perhaps the Patriot hostas, but I think it's very elegant and lovely.

Here's mine with, coincidently, some white impatiens lol. Taken a few weeks ago, obviously this is too soon in the season to get the full impact of the impatiens but it gives an idea of the combination. Or even without the impatiens at all you can see, I think, how nice this hosta is.

Such a charming house, btw!

:)

Dee

Brunnera 'Hadspen Cream' might be an nice option, though not as easy to find these days, at least in my neck of the woods.

I have geranium/cranesbill 'Alba' that seem to thrive in a pretty shady location with really nice pure bright white flowers that pop.

I’ll look in to Hadspen Cream. // I love the look of the geranium Alba. How long is the blooming season?

For me (in zone 7a) it blooms probably from late April through the end of June/beginning of July (it is still blooming prolifically now) and then if trimmed back should rebloom before winter. Obviously, does not offer completely uninterrupted blooming as annuals would, but the foliage is also nice during dead periods. You might consider mixing with variegated hosta.

Ooh that geranium Alba is very nice! I might have to look into some of that for keeping my Ivory Queen company!

:)

Dee

Is that regular G. sanguineum alba? I have it too, but it is much taller and lankier than yours. Not nearly as many flowers either, and the whole show is over in 3 or 4 weeks, I would say.

That was a photo I pulled offline. These are mine.