You don't give your hardiness zone or tell how dry or moist the shade is. But in zone 5 where I am, a nice perennial for the shade is ligularia. Pretty golden diasy-type flowers and interesting foliage when not in bloom. Macrophylla type hydrangeas are really colorful and will take quite a bit of shade but you need to be in zone 6 or zone 7 and have somewhat acid soil. Caladiums like shade and are cheap enough to grow as annuals where not hardy -- no flowers but the leaves are as colorful as flowers.
Also, a lot depends on what "very shady" means. If the area does not even receive dappled sunlight at any time during the day, very little is going to grow there.
Which coulorful flowers (apart from impatients) grow well in very shady garden areas?
my favorite shady plants are "turtle heads" the grow great between houses or under trees. i live on a small lot and i have about 10feet between my house and my neighbors, i planted pink turtle heads and they do great! and with only 1 hour of sun a day.
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