I agree on the torenia. How about fuschia, and mimulus (monkey flower)? Personally, I adore tuberous begonias. If you don't like the "garish" colors, there are some gorgeous apricot/champagne colored ones, or even white. There's always coleus and caladiums, although you may consider these common also. Lobelia does well for me in part shade, as does nemesia, and both cascade nicely. If you are open to perennials, that gives you a huge selection to work with. Hostas are wonderful in pots, and you can even have a mixed planting just with hostas - small, large, greens, blues, variegated. I know - common! - but there are several beautiful, more unusual hostas to work with. Columbines, lady's mantle, astilbe, geraniums, hechera/hecherella, tiarella, (these last two are great foliage plants), and daylilies all do well in part shade. BTW, what are you calling part shade - how many hours? I even have some roses in part shade that do quite well. :) Dee P.S Carex is a nice grass that does well in shade, and will give a nice spikey accent to pots.

The leaves and flowers are the parts used medicinally and for culinary purposes. Do not use borage while pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you suffer from epilepsy or schizophrenia. Touching the Borage plant can cause dermatitis in those with sensitive skin. Recommended for external use only. Avoid excessive or long-term use. It's important to take note of which parts of any plant are used. If you don't see mention of any part in any remedies or discussion, then don't use them. You don't need to know why (although you might be curious!) - just don't use them.

I have heard and read from a guy that beat cancer without chemo and radiation that the stuff is soooo processed it causes inflammation!! The only type he recommends is by biotics research. I buy my vit d3 drops from them. seems good. better to go with CLEAN plant omega 3 and make sure your ratios are close to what they should be. Remove all processed foods with a HIGH omega 6 level because of synthetic ingredients/vitamins. For, they are SYNTHETIC and cause the body/cells HARM and DAMAGE. He says "Only flax, chia, sacha inchi, and seafood have more Omega-3 fats than Omega-6." *Otto Warburg info. Warburgs "The Metabolism of Carcinoma Cells" from The Journal of Cancer Research, 1925. "Commercially raised beef and chicken can have a ratio of as much as 15:1 Omega-6 to Omega-3 because the animals are fed grain based diets specifically designed to fatten them up." "The best building blocks of cells are unadulterated Parent Essential Fatty Acids Omega-6 and Omega-3 from organic sustainable sources. The rest of my fat intake comes from foods I consume in various amounts weekly: raw milk, raw cheese, raw pasture-raised eggs, olive oil, avocados, raw nuts and seeds, clean meats (organic grass-fed beef and lamb, organic free-range chicken, wild-caught alaskan salmon). I also take Parent EFA supplements daily. Udos Choice 3-6-9 Blend YES Ultimate EFAs" This is good information. Considering alot of fish are over processed and just full of harmful toxins. Why chance it, if you don't have to? Good luck and good health to you all. :)

Sorry about the DM. They thought my dog had that, but it ended up being a spinal meningioma. My thoughts are with you. I can totally understand where you are coming from with the psychological thinking behind your dog's issue (and the fear that everyone thinks you're crazy!). I think my dog has panic/anxiety attacks. I won't get into the stories, but I just know she does. And it presents itself in medical type issues (severe panting, shivering, etc.). As far as OCD in dogs, I saw a program about a dog (I think it was a rescued doberman or weimeraner (sp?), and the owners would find the dog's stuffed toys placed in perfectly created geometric shapes in their backyard (like triangles or squares, for example). They called in the experts, and they put video cameras up to make sure the owners weren't staging this. Well, they found that the dog was doing it! And not only that, it was putting lots of thought into the placement of the stuffed animals. It wasn't only geometric shapes...the dog would do other patterns too, like putting a group of a certain animal together in a certain pattern (like all frogs), or putting all the stuffed toys face up or face down, and sometimes in positions like 2 animals hugging. The dog would then examine the pattern for a few minutes and fix it if it needed to be fixed! Has anyone else seen this program on TV?? If that's not some sort of canine OCD, then I don't know what to call it. But believe me, if you saw it you'd know it was no coincidence.