Phase II - Flowering Deciduous Shrubs For "The Wilderness": Hello Marge and Judy! I've just read your two notes here a

» PattiS_2 - Hello Marge and Judy! I've just read your two notes here a

Hello Marge and Judy!
I've just read your two notes here and thought, well, here are two brains that I can pick! Please do excuse me if I'm not using proper manners for this medium, but I'm relatively new to this whole Net thing and in all honesty, I have next to no time to surf and really dig for the things that I need to find.
Well, enough about that, this is the first year that I have been faced with shade gardening and for the most part, its been not too difficult, until I start to look for taller foundation plants and shrubs. I'm in Zone 4 (the northern shore of Lake Ontario just east of Toronto) and our season is quite short. I've planted two Purple leaf Sand cherries that seem to be doing quite well and a Purple Smoke Bush that is at least still alive if not growing rampantly. There is a fairly steep, grassy hill behind the bed, so I want something that will stand out against the green. Any suggestions as to what other kinds of shrubs I could put there?
Its fairly deep shade (thanks to my neighbours' two huge silver maples which drop ALL their leaves on my lawn!!!) and only gets full sun in the mid morning for about an hour and a half. Thanks in advance if you can help me.
Patti

-- posted by PattiS_2