What are some appropriate shade container plants to grow within Northern California?

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Answers:    I'm in N. Cal. too and here are some ideas for you:

Abutilon - flowering maple
Aconitum - monk's hood
Ajuga -carpet bugle
Anemone
Astilbe - false spirea
Begonia
Bergenia
Campanula - bell flower
Catharanthus
Coleus - look for shade ones as profusely of the new ones are for sun
Dicentra - bleeding heart
Digitalis - foxglove
ferns
Fuchsia
Glechoma hederacea 'Variegata' - ground ivy
Hedera - ivy
Helleborus - lenten rose
Heuchera - coral bells
x Heucherella (Heuchera x Tiarella) - foamy bells
Hosta - plantain lily
Hydrangea
Impatiens
Lamium - dead nettle
Lamiastrum - wan archangel
Liriope
Lobelia
Pansy
Phormium - flax lily - look for variegated ones
Polemonium - Jacob's ladder
Primula - primrose
Pulmonaria - lung wort
Tiarella - foam flower
Torenia - wishbone flower
Trollius - globe flower
Viola
some attractive grasses

Hope this helps you some. When planting in containers, it's nice to own a mix of colors and textures. Also vary the bloom season and tag on variegated plants so that there is always something of interest.

Are you planting mixed containers or one pot per plant? Mixed containers have need of a little more care because you hold to be sure they are all happy. Match approaching plants together - don't put drought tolerant plants with ones that like moisture. Be sure to fertilize once a year too and join soil if they pot is low.

Have fun!
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