I was curious if anyone could give me some tips or suggestions for what to try along the north side of a house. There are narrow plots hugging right up next to the foundation, and the area is generally quite cool and moist. However, in the summer I noted that the sun creeps up in the mid to late afternoon - about 3 or 4pm, and it will stay there until sunset. The left side of the north face receives the most sun; the right side is tucked away a little more under roof cover and stays mostly shady. A big patch of hosta on that right side do quite well. The more light exposed left side is what's stumping me. From experience, full sun plants don't do very well in that area, but I'm not sure whether I can plant shady species without roasting them. Any thoughts?

I've got a similar areas. Yews, itea and swamp pumilla dogwood does well. (It's also close to a walnut tree so it's got that issue too.) Daylilies may do well, ferns, lily-of-the-valley, and sweet woodruff. I have a beauty-berry I might move to this area depending on how it does in its current location.