Recommendations for effective and hardy plants for the shade other than hostas, epimediums and ferns?

Zone 5-6. Something that is a strong grower, with "show power" would be great.

Recommendations for effective and hardy plants for the shade other than hostas, epimediums and ferns?
Sweet potato requires sun. Forget that.



Shade lovers include: caladium, pachysandra (which also stays green in winter in many zones), Japanese painted fern,

nandina (small shrub which also stays green or burgundy all winter - depending on cultivar), Japanese Aralia, ivy, St. John's Wort, Mahonia, Skimmia japonica, Viburnum (snowball bush), Vinca, Impatiens, Golden sage, Azalea, Lobelia, Astilbe, Daffodils, Virginia bluebell, Campanula, Ajuga, Columbine, Solomon's seal, Arum, Houttuynia or Chameleon plant, Pennywort, Taro, Black Magic, Begonias, Liriope and much more
Reply:Multiple colored evergreens. You can get some that are tinted almost yellow, dark green, blue, and even reddish, the colors will contrast lovely and will be year round "show power". Mix in different heights and shapes withyour colors and you'll be sitting pretty.
Reply:green mountain boxwood is an attractive small schrub which grows well in partial sun to shade.
Reply:We have impatients by the score. They are annuals but they are really tough plants and you can get them in several beautiful colors.
Reply:TAKE A SWEET POTATO CUT IT IN FOUR PIECES PLANT IT AND YOU WILL GET A VERY PLENTIFUL GREEN PLANT THAT WILL COVER A GOOD SIZE AREA.
Reply:If you are looking for unusal blooms,in the spring try bleeding hearts, trillums,jack in the pulpit,wild ginger. For the fall try monkshood, turtlehead,toadlilies,great blue lobelia. All these plants have unusal and unique blooms most are native and all can be easily grown in your zone.
Reply:astilbe, tiarella, lysimachia, cimicifuga (some), bergenia, pachysandra, pulmonaria
Reply:how about hardy geraniums, they flower in shade.