We have shade on our big porch, so I plant impatiens, coleus, spider plants, and ferns in planters and hanging planters. Our deck is sunny, so geraniums, petunias, other sun-lovers go into those planters. I winter the geraniums in the basement. Some of them are 15 years old. I need some suggestions for other sun-lovers - especially some that will 'trail' out of my planters. We lost a BIG part of a maple that shaded the deck a couple years ago. Before that, I planted shade-lovers in the deck planters.