Hmm...blackberry lily is a very tough plant and can handle full sun--even in Florida. It's also one of those plants that will grow and blossom in shade--as long as it's not deep shade. Have no fear and plant it in full sun, but just don't set any tender young plants that have been used to shade into the full sun--you will need to acclimate them :)

I am trying to create shade in the fragrance garden and ran into this problem. I lost one winter daphne (the other is shaded enough); lost 3 August Beauty gardenias (one is okay); lost 2 of 3 gardenia radicans. So...I created temporary shade by planting colocasia and brugmansia around. Those are underplanted with heuchera (that deer/bunnies eat in winter, but they come back in spring and are left alone). On the outside, I added buddleia that may someday have to be moved once the sweet bay magnolia, the corkscrew willow and the Kousa dogwood are mature. I have 3 nandina Moon Bay on the sunny side of the willow (underneath). It is complicated. Through trial and error (and some expense) I learned how to deal with this on the east side of my house. Cameron

Steve is right! I had to learn the hard way to add shade to whatever they recommend, like full sun = about a half day or no more than 3/4 of a day of sun and part sun/part shade = mostly shade, just a little sun filtering in here and there or several hours of morning sun. Most recommendations must be for northerners. There are some plants that can take full sun, but they're just about all trees - pines, red maples, sweet gums, persimmons, wild black cherry, etc. The foundation for Gulf Coast gardening has to be trees! :) Sherry

Hi harryshoe. I find that heuchera, heucherella and tiarella are really more of a shade tolerant plant rather than a shade loving plant. Very few plants that growers describe as shade loving can take deep, dark shade. For instance, many people will try to grow hostas (which are often described as shade loving plants) underneath their porch or on a dark forest floor only to find that the plants soon waste away to nothing. I grow all of my heuchera and relatives in at least morning sun. The lighter leaved varieties (such as the yellows and lime greens) will need full or dappled afternoon shade or their leaves will burn. The orange and red varieties can take a lot more sun and most of mine can take a full day's sun. The dark leaved ones actually need quite a bit of sun to grow well and are the most sun tolerant of the bunch. I'm I the PNW (WA state) and our weather is often dissimilar to other parts of the country. This usually means that I can grow things in more sun than other people can because it's generally wet and mild here. I'm not sure what your summers are like there in eastern PA, but I'm sure your heuchs would appreciate at least morning sun. You could try them in pots first. That way you could move them around your yard in order to find the spots where they seem happy. A word of warning, though. Heuchs get crown rot if they're too wet, so make sure your pots have great drainage and you only keep the soil damp, not soaked. I never grow my heuchs in pots here because it's too wet and they rot away to nothing in no time. Hope this has helped you. Heucheras are worth growing and are generally an easy plant once they're situated correctly.