Hi and thank you for your nice comment and for visiting my yard. I am in Southern Wis and there are lots of plants with or without flowers that will do well in your area in part sun. My best suggestion is to walk around your neighborhood and observe what other people have growing in your area . If someone near you can grow them ,you probably can too. Day lillies, coneflowers, hostas, perennial geraniums, columbine are plants that do well in part sun here so would probably work for you too. Also  many good  ground covers for part sun. I just found this web site too and love all the inspiration i find here. Oh and look for plants sales on craigs list or at rummage sales etc. Some of my toughest plants came from some one elses yard. Have fun and good luck!

Most of the people in my neighborhood grow daylilies and hostas. I am tired of them. I also see a lot of roses, but I think they need more sun than I can give them. The trouble is that I have three huge trees on my property, which is really, really rare in Chicago. Most people\'s yards have no shade at all and are growing full-sun plants. I hadn\'t thought of Columbine though - good suggestion! I\'ll have to try it.

Thought of a few more. Foxglove will do pretty good in part sun. Coral bells, Ladies mantle, forget me nots.I have some Bee balms that bloom pretty good in part sun. Monkshood,  astilbe, and some asters that don\'t need full sun for fall color. If you have deep shade there are still lots of plants with leaf color you could try. I know there are lots of hosta and day lillies around here too but always new colors to check out. Coral bells also have some beautiful new leaf colors. There is such a variety of plants out there now, you will find some. Embrace those trees!

Thank you for all these ideas! I am looking forward to trying some of them out. I really do love my trees. I just also like flowers a lot, and trying to get wonderful blooms in partial shade is a challenge.