Hi there!

I just bought a new house today. I will post a picture of the view from the back yard:

The yard is fairly large, and there are one or two spots along the fence that I would like to put up some privacy bushes/trees that would grow to between 8 and 12 feet. However, the spots are very shady.

Any thoughts on what could be grown down here in the shade that would work? Thanks in advance,

Big Jim

Thatis beautiful! Try http://www.thegardenhelper.com/fs~perennials.html it has a pretty good list of plants you could try! I recommend a bleeding heart but I'm not sure if FL might be too hot?

Thanks, kennyso! I will take a look at the page.

Big Jim,
That is a beautiful picture..
Wow!!! Just gorgeous!!!

*Nooooooooo

Ha ha! I don't think there are any gators. Lots of ducks though. It's quack-tastic!

Is it a light shade or a dense shade?

Absolutely beautiful!!

Hi, Jim,
In case you haven't yet decided,I suggest you
consider a podocarpus, like that shown here, offered by a firm in Stuart, FL. Click the photo for the website:



The podocarpus, like the yew, provides an elegant screen for the property.

Thanks neko! We just moved in a couple weeks ago, so I will have to take a look at those podocarpus.

G - mom, I would say a bit of light may sneak in during the late afternoon. It's fairly bright though as most of the shade comes from an oak tree above.

BigJim,
Just a thought for something that would offer privacy without completely closing off your view, you could put dogwoods with azalias underneath. They both prefer shade.

you might even be able to get a castorbean to grow.I grew one behind house in shaded area for 'mole patrol'.didn't grow my red back there,just the red veined one.
maybe some bamboo.

Camillia
chinese witch hazel
Azealias(native)
Mountain Laural
Japenese Skimmia (has red fruit in winter)
Dogwood
Dwarf Forthergillia
hygrandea
sweet spire
japenese kerria
japenese aucuba
fatsia
japenese pieris
sweetbox
Viburnum...blackhaw& others
abelia

foam flowers
Bergenia(great in the winter too)
Lobelia
impatiens(and african hybrids)
rocket ligulira
bugleweed(some foliage turns purple/black in winter)
goatsbeard
corydalis


on the otherhand......I love your view.hows the fishing?You need a pier.