I advise you to plant: Hosta plantaginea, Aquilegia, Convallaria
majalis, Corydalis, Cimicifuga, Lathyrus, Luzula, Omphalodes verna,
Pachysandra terminalis, Polygonatum...


I love my firespike, tropical looking all summer - then cool red blooms!
Dies down with the freeze but comes back in spring.

Also, consider having the trees thinned and the crowns raised. It helped
my back yard a LOT.

Carl


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Hello,
I don't know this plant very well, Odontonema didn't growing in yards
in Poland, maybe cause for he's small popularity? In Central Europe to
shade we recomend Hosta and Bergenia plants. They are evergreen so you
can enjoy this perrenial plants even when winter comes You wrote that
you wan't to plant some trees. Maybe good is Salix? This is a popular
inoculate on bole tree in Europe. Look for some fotos on google of
Salix caprea variety 'Kilmarnock' or 'Weeping Sally'. Sorry first: for
my English but I'm still learning this language and second: for this
latin names but I don't know how to say in english this species. This
is good opportunity to train

Post Scriptum I don't understand what do you mean with this changing
..not to .net?

Best regards, Ralf.