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title: "Any thoughts of what perennial my friend could plant for her north…"
description: "Any thoughts of what perennial my friend could plant for her north facing garden? She’s in California. She wants a pop of color around these bushes. Something…"
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author: "T"
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# Any thoughts of what perennial my friend could plant for her north…

_Posted by T on 2023-05-29_

Any thoughts of what perennial my friend could plant for her north facing garden? She’s in California. She wants a pop of color around these bushes. Something either red, yellow or purple. Thank you!

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## 9 comments

### Iplantevenrightnow🪴 commented on 2023-05-29

I really like Columbine. It spreads a bit, can help fill in some of the blanks, and mine are giving lovely purple blooms.

### Elin commented on 2023-05-29

Do you know which hardiness zone?

I would add ground covering or creeping plants that will enhance the shrubs. Begonias are quite shade tolerant but a lot of them are only annuals.

#### Elin replied on 2023-05-29

Bugles, nettles (Lamium), clovers and Hostas works well in shade ☺️

#### T replied on 2023-05-29

Thank you, I believe she is in a 10B zone

### KTOS commented on 2023-05-29

I have purple coral bells. There’s a few different varieties so I chose part sun to full shade for my north facing house. They compliment my green plants well and they’re pretty low maintenance.

#### T replied on 2023-05-29

That sounds lovely. I’ve never heard of that plant

### Andrew commented on 2023-05-31

I agree with KTOS. Heuchera or coral bells would work well there

#### T replied on 2023-05-31

Thank you! My friend said she really appreciate all the responses

### anneliese commented on 2023-06-05

caladiums and maybe a clemantis

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