##Shady Characters##
Plants that love the shade make charming woodland scenes in a container, especially when adorned with mushroom stakes and moss.
**Get the look** Select shade-loving plants with a variety of leaf textures, such as hostas, astilbes, foamflowers, coral bells and especially ferns. Here, Asian lady fern, sensitive fern, soft shield fern and Japanese painted fern surround a hosta in a pale grey, ribbed container to magical effect.
**Tip** Enrich the potting soil with humus (leaf mould, for instance) or compost; woodland plants, especially ferns, prefer this form of feeding to packaged fertilizers.
**Plants**
* Asian lady fern (*Athyrium otophorum*)
* Sensitive fern (*Onoclea sensibilis*)
* ‘Herrenhausen’ soft shield fern (*Polystichum setiferum*)
* ‘Ghost’ Japanese painted fern (*Athyrium x*)
* ‘August Moon’ hosta (*Hosta*)
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