'A Selection of Plants for Shade' available from Avondale Nursery

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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GEUM 'Poco'

Upright purplish stems bear yellow-apricot flowers.

45cm £5.00

ANEMONE nemorosa 'Blue Eyes'

Lovely double white flowers with a blue eye.

10cm £5.00

GERANIUM nodosum 'Wreighburn House White'

Clear, white flowers, larger and stronger than 'Silverwood'. Tolerates dry shade.

30cm £5.00

ANEMONE nemorosa 'Monstrosa'

Wierd semi-double green and white flowers.

15cm £5.00

PHLOX paniculata 'The King'

Deep blue-purple scented flowers.

90cm £5.00

GERANIUM phaeum 'Lisa'

Bright yellow and white foliage all year, grey-purple flowers April-July. Eye-catching in a shady spot.

40cm £5.00

ANEMONE nemorosa 'Lionel Bacon'

Pink flowers marked with white.

15cm £5.00

ANEMONE nemorosa 'Wilks' White'

Single white flowers on taller stems.

25cm £5.00

ANEMONE flaccida

Low-growing anemone with white flowers - dappled shade.

10cm £5.00

ANEMONE nemorosa 'Grandiflora'

Large single white flowers.

25cm £5.00

PIMPINELLA major 'Rosea'

Feathery foliage topped with umbels of soft lacy pink flowers in summer. Sun or shade.

50cm £5.00

ANEMONE x lipsiensis 'Vindobonensis'

Early creamy-yellow flowers.

15cm £5.00

ANEMONE nemorosa 'Lucia’

Lilac-blue flowers.

10cm £5.00

GILLENIA trifoliata

A graceful bushy plant for semi-shade, with slender stems carrying sprays of white starry flowers all summer.

AGM 75cm £5.00

CONVALLARIA majalis 'Albostriata'

A Lily of the Valley in a pin-striped suit, needs some sun to retain the variegation.

25cm £5.00

POLYGONATUM odoratum 'Ussuriland Roundleaf'

Collected by Michael Wickenden in Russia, this has distinct, rounded grey-green leaves and large cream flowers.

80cm £5.00

POLYGONATUM odoratum 'Ussuriland Roundleaf'