The issue is that most shade loving plants are not the heavy bloomers that Drift or Knockout roses are. Most will have very seasonal flowering.......the exception being some shade loving annuals like New Guinea impatiens that will will be in bloom all summer upto frost.

You might want to consider something like Encore (reblooming) azaleas. These will have a heavy spring bloom, then sporadic repeat blooming throughout the season. They come in your color choices and offer many compact, low growing selections.

My personal design construct with shade gardening is to focus on foliage color and contrast and let flowering take a back seat or be just the icing on the cake. And you can always fill in with shade loving annuals as desired.

Here is a link that might be useful: Encore azaleas, compact size

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This post was edited by gardengal48 on Mon, Sep 22, 14 at 13:52