Shade-loving plant for tub

I really actively dislike hostas! I got rid of several - they went to the local park gardeners, so others who like them will have that pleasure.

I have loads of various hostas, they never fail.

I love Hostas , wish slugs didn’t

How about a mix of Hostas ... altho the slugs like them.

I have bought a couple of ferns with interesting foliage for the tub - hopefully they will live!

Kitty, the plant in front is a Brunnera, possibly 'Jack Frost'. I have a few Brunneras in my shady border, as I love the leaves and small blue flowers in spring.

Thanks for all your help - brilliant!

Woodland plants like foxgloves, bluebells are ok, some fuchsia are shade tolerant, mahonia, hosta, spring bulbs, azaleas and rhododendrons can flourish.

Climbing hydrangeas love the shade.

A Montana clematis would love it there too and could go up the trellis and into the tree. A flowering maple!

Beware! Solomon’s Seal is best kept in a tub. I planted a small clump and the bloomin stuff is now lushly everywhere! It doesn’t last long though and nothing, but nothing else will grow through it. Weed free. I need my DS to come over with an axe to chop it out!

I have a bed under a walnut tree where I have ferns, hostas and hellebores and it’s very lush. For a tub I would suggest a shuttlecock fern which more or less vanishes in winter, and hellebores as their flowers need a bit of height to appreciate.

Solomon's Seal is good in shad e. It is like a 2ft high lily of the valley without any scent.
www.saga.co.uk/magazine/home-garden/gardening/plants/woodlanders/how-to-grow-solomons-seal

I can't remember what the stuff in the front is!

Dh has a fern fetish (could be worse fetishes I suppose!) and we have lots of different ones in our shady border. Because I find them slightly boring I've added foxgloves and some solomon's seal and Jacob's ladder.

Ah, ferns - hadn't thought of that!

Ferns
We have quite a few different ones.
DGS love them as they are Dinosaur plants!

Could you try an evergreen clematis there? Lots of plant lovers will give you better ideas. Good luck.