A Selection of Plants for Shade
These will only tolerate sun for up to a third of the day. They’ll appreciate a cool damp environment, and the best plants will have interesting foliage, as most shade-lovers will flower in spring.
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ACTAEA simplex 'Pink Spike'
White flowers in autumn which quickly fade to pink . Moist soil in part shade.
90cm £5.00
ANEMONE nemorosa 'Alba Plena'
Double white flowers, similar to 'Vestal', but with a larger central ruff.
15cm £4.50
CONVALLARIA majalis 'Green Tapestry'
Tall leaves are splashed and mottled with yellow, cream and green. White flowers.
25cm £5.00
BRUNNERA macrophylla 'Alexander's Great'
Dramatically silvered leaves, much larger than B. 'Jack Frost', and makes a bigger plant. New variety, with blue forget-me-not flowers. Wow!
PBR 30cm £5.00
STYLOPHORUM diphyllum
Celandine Poppy, has blue-green lobed leaves, and from March-May, clusters of buttercup-like golden-yellow flowers. Lovely in part shade.
45cm £5.00
ANEMONELLA thalictroides f.rosea semi-double pink form
Delicate pale pink flowers March-May.
15cm £6.00
GERANIUM phaeum 'Sericourt'
Emerging foliage is golden-yellow in spring, then maroon flowers April-July. Lovely, even in dry shade!
50cm £4.50
GALANTHUS elwesii 'Comet'
One of the best snowdrops, this has wide, glaucous foliage, and the flowers have one large green mark on the inner segments. The long outer segments resemble a comet's tail!
AGM 20cm £8.50
LIGUSTICUM scoticum
'Scots Lovage'. Compact, upright perennial with glossy foliage, and in summer on dark purple stems, umbels of tiny white and pale pink flowers. Sun or shade.
60cm £5.00
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