Bobert, the Solomon's Seal you gave me looks to be much happier where I have it planted here than it ever was in Hillsborough.   The only shade I had there was very deep, year round shade under an old gigantic Burford Holly. Here it gets a little morning sun, and then is in bright shade the rest of the day.

I can already tell I planted the Japanese Painted Fern too close the the hellebores. I really don't have the hellebores where I want them they would probably do better where they get winter sun or a little morning sun. I didn't want to keep them pots any longer though, and haven't otherwise figured out where to put them, much less prepare a bed.

UNC-Chapel Hill has a small and absolutely delightful arboretum along one side of the main campus. In a large raised bed, they have a mass planting of white hellebores under a high canapy of trees that is wonderful year round. (Haven't looked up close in a long time so don't know what species or cultivar they might be.) If they weren't so expensive so that buying a bunch of them wasn't prohibitive, and so slow to grow from seed, I would like to do the same here.