Need Some Gardening Info Please.

[needawin]

Trying to improve my front garden. Have flagged alongside the hedge.
Want to put some plants/shrubs in containers along the hedge. North facing so obviously no sun. Very sheltered.
Can anyone one advise re a good choice to give me a bit of colour all year round. I know nothing about plants or shrubs. Thanks in advance.

[ferlew]

PLANTS FOR SHADY GARDENS
Shrubs

Hydrangea
Viburnum
Daphne
Camellia
Mahonia
Skimmia
Azalea
Rhododendron
Euonymus
Sarcococca

Climbers

Clematis
Hydrangea petiolaris
Roses - white 'Madame Alfred Carriere' is ideal for a north- facing wall
Solanum (potato vine)
Ivy (avoid variegated varieties, as they will lose their variegation in the shade)

Smaller plants

Ferns
Hellebores
Japanese anemones
Foxgloves
Ajuga reptans
Euphorbia robbiae
Zantedeschia (arum lilies)
Hardy geraniums
Bergenias
Epimedium (Bishop’s hat)
Hostas

[needawin]

Plenty to chose from there! Many thanks.