Re: Any colorful shade plants that last all summer?

I find that my perennials tend to bloom up until July and then start
again sometime in August and go on to frost.  The midsummer gap was
really apparent the year a friend had her wedding in the garden - I
had to go out and buy buckets of flowers.

However, checking my What's Noticeably in Bloom diary, I see that
these plants were flowering in part shade:

late July:  phlox, hydrangeas, astrantia
from early August: Japanese anemones, alstroemeria (pink ones - the
yellow ones don't flower past June)

feverfew really lights up my shady areas.  It is in full flower now,
then I cut off the flowering stems and it starts again in late August
(? - forgot to write it in the book) and goes on for more months.

Diane Whitehead, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
zone 8  sunset zone 5 cool mediterranean climate (mild wet winters,
mild dry summers)
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