That sounds good Sandy! I think most of my plants are for shade anyway, except for the hydrangea. It gets big snowball blooms, that go from green to white, and then turn pinkish in the fall before drying nicely to overwinter.

I looked up bleeding hearts and they sound great! I could use them as fillers for the back of my shade garden. Planted among hostas is supposed to be a good way to use them.

BTW, don't feel bad about not knowing the names. I took some horticulture classes about 12 years ago so I learned a lot from that. Before that, I didn't know much at all, and I used to mistakenly plant the wrong things in the wrong places, lol. I did that a lot. And my garden didn't look all that great, so if yours looks good, you're batting a thousand I say!