[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Japanese Red Maples do very well in shade and mix well with a dogwood. They give some very pretty color other then green. I planted one this year, and it already has lots of new growth, so I'd say they are fairly hardy:) They have a very pretty lacy type leaf, They don't get huge, but I have seen them as tall as a house.

Becky

[grellis]

We have the oddest small tree/large shrub growing in our backyard which we are completely unable to identify. It bears two distinctly different flowers: One kind looks exactly like a Rose of Sharon bloom, the other like an old fashioned double rose. They're even different colors. The leaves are similar to a RoS but not exactly the same. It grows in full shade, right underneath our two huge mulberry trees (and if you know mulberries, you know how strange that is--NOTHING grows under them but weeds). My hubby is Mr Gardening man. We have several gardening encyclopedias, none of which have been able to help us identify this plant.

What was my point? Oh yeah--I love Rose of Sharon!

[WV Mountain Mama]

Thanks for the info. I have done searches on HGTV's website. I am pretty sure that is listed for a good shade tree.