sun is sun ...

shade ..... is sooo hard to define ... bright shade.. dark shade ... etc .. that makes your question very hard to answer ...

but the bottom line is that nothing will really die ... it just wont perform to expectation ...

just plant what you want.. and move them next year.. if you are not happy with how they perform .... though perennials do take a year just to really get going ...

planting in very bright shade ..... is a great way for a newbie to start.. because it makes controlling water and other variables so much easier than full blistering hot sun ...

it always just comes down to planting the darn things.. and we will worry about it later ...

and NEVER presume.. the first placement is its last placement. .. any true perennial gardener.. most likely moves every plant a couple times.. before they are happy with it all.. do NOT think of your garden as static ...

the old saying is that you arent a green thumb until you killed every plant 3 times.. maybe we should also add.. moving them 3 times.. lol ...

good luck

ken

Something you might want to consider, mitanoff, is that late-afternoon sun is the hottest sun. And if you're planting up against your house, the sun reflects off the wall and makes it even hotter. For this reason, I wouldn't focus on "shade" plants so much.

I had a screaming-hot west-facing wall at my last home, and I had great success with clematis and phlox there. Evening primrose (oenothera) also did well. I tried some of the more sun-tolerant hostas in that bed, but had to move them because they fried.

Hope this helps!

The deer will enjoy everything you mentioned--hosta, Echinacea (coneflowers), daylilies, anemones, most geraniums (cranesbills)--except the brunnera and Cimicifuga (bugbane). But hot afternoon sun will cook both of the latter.

Morning shade, hot afternoon sun is one of the most difficult situations to plant well, I think. Perhaps you could rethink your bed--Brunnera and Cimicifuga in morning sun, afternoon shade or dappled shade. The others in more sun--and with deer protection.

EEEp!
Well now. . .hmmm. ..not sure what to do now!
Thank you all for your comments. I am already committed to most of my plant choices so I have no choice but go on! I am usually a planner but I think I will just have to take Ken's advice and take it as it goes. I never figured on having to move plants actually! As for the brunnera and bugbane, the sun sort of slants into the front of the house so there are areas that have more shade. I will rearrange the planting design. I still have lots of room in the bed so perhaps I will look for more sun tolerant plants than shade for the rest of it. This has been helpful! Thanks a bunch.

I think the Echinacea purpurea and Daylilies will both work in this spot. Echinacea will grow in partial sun, and Daylilies are amongst the easiest to grow and most flexible perennials out there, and in my experience will grow almost anywhere - drought tolerant too.

The Hostas will probably fry. I've got several of the blue-tinted Hostas growing on the west side of the house, and last year they fried and got brown and crispy around the edges. Apparently the blueish Hostas are more sensitive to sun. Got to move them this year.

As already pointed out, woodland plants would definitely not be suited to this location. They prefer morning sun and/or dappled shade.

Mitanoff, the purple coneflowers should be fine. Mine have about the same sunlight as yours do. They will bloom later than those under direct sun, so when my neighbors and the streets have coneflowers already, I still don't have any bloom, but I will get it later and will last longer too.

Daylilies I think prefer more sunshine though.