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[tigers_gonads]

Never really being into gardening but always appreciated a nice garden.

I've got a long fence which runs along the side of my house and i'm building some flower boxes to bolt to it 
Problem is, this side of the fence only gets the sun during the last few hours (3pm onwards) of the day 

What kind of flowers can I plant in these boxes which will give me plenty of colour BUT will mostly grow in the shade ?

TIA

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Perhaps Charlie Dimmock would be willing to strip off and lend a hand.

[STEMO]

Put the flowers on the other side of the fence, they'll get more sun then.

[Auto Addict]

Weeds - they'll frow anywhere

[Auto Addict]

Weeds - they'll grow anywhere

[tigers_gonads]

Weeds - they'll grow anywhere

Behave you 

[BazaJT]

How high on fence are you going to fix boxes and then how high to top of fence?This will determine a rough guide on how tall the plants are you want to use.My front garden wall shades the flower bed until early afternoon but I've had success with sweet peas,gladioli which both grow pretty tall.I've also got some smaller plants in but I forget what they're called.Most plants you buy even from supermarkets have some kind of planting instructions on a card pushed in the pots they're in,or a garden centre will be happy to give advice on such things.

[BazaJT]

Another thought has just occurred.Depending on how high or deep your boxes are you might consider a few trailing plants which will then hang over the box sides and break up the box outline.

[tigers_gonads]

Bazza

The boxes are about 8" deep, 8" wide and nearly 5 foot in length.
Mounting height will be about 4 1/2 foot from the bottom.
Around the fence, i'm in the process of running some cat 5 cable for a camera covering the back garden and wiring for 3 lights which will sit in between the boxes on the fence. 
I had thought about sticking some honeysuckle or similar in the spaces between the boxes and training it to creep across the trellis 
 
The fence is 7 foot high ish but i'm looking at sticking another 2 or 3 foot trellis on top to break up the outline of our nosey git neighbours who just love to peer out of there bedroom windows and report to the street what i've got on the BBQ 

Hope that makes sense 

[BazaJT]

Don't get me wrong I'm no gardening expert,but I think Honeysuckle would apart from the reasons you suggest would give off a nice aroma.I personally would then go for a few trailing plants for the box fronts/sides and then something that grows to the height of say Daffodils /tulips that kind of height to bridge the gap between boxes and Honeysuckle trailed across top of fence/trellis without it beginning to look "over crowded.My local Morrisons do a decent range of plants[so I'd imagine other branches do].Garden centres a good source of ideas/advice,but buying from them you'd probably be paying top dollar.

[tigers_gonads]

Don't get me wrong I'm no gardening expert,but I think Honeysuckle would apart from the reasons you suggest would give off a nice aroma.I personally would then go for a few trailing plants for the box fronts/sides and then something that grows to the height of say Daffodils /tulips that kind of height to bridge the gap between boxes and Honeysuckle trailed across top of fence/trellis without it beginning to look "over crowded.My local Morrisons do a decent range of plants[so I'd imagine other branches do].Garden centres a good source of ideas/advice,but buying from them you'd probably be paying top dollar.

 
Don't worry about that, I ain't got much of a clue myself 

I might pop into a couple of garden centres and blag some information out of them then pop to the supermarket for the plants 

[BazaJT]

Why not,that's what I do

[Terbs]

Not a lover of Honeysuckle, mainly for the experience I had when it was in our garden. It seemed to keep growing but the further along it went, it just left 'trunks' behind and no foliage. I am no greenfingers, and it was probably my husbandry, the new growth looked and smelt lovely, but the back end was unsightly.

[BazaJT]

Never having grown Honeysuckle myself it could be that this is what it "does"or it could indeed be your horticultural skills terbert other than that it could be the wrong type of soil i.e. too alkaline/not alkaline enough.Maybe something for tg to consider checking?Or he could scope out neighbouring gardens as to what type of plants they're growing*





*without getting arrested as a peeping tom obviously