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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GERANIUM phaeum 'Lisa'
Bright yellow and white foliage all year, grey-purple flowers April-July. Eye-catching in a shady spot.
40cm £5.00
ACTAEA 'Chocoholic'
A new variety with almost black foliage and spikes of pale pink fragrant flowers late summer to autumn. Moist soil in part shade.
75cm £5.00
CONVALLARIA majalis 'Green Tapestry'
Tall leaves are splashed and mottled with yellow, cream and green. White flowers.
25cm £5.00
ANEMONE ranunculoides laciniata
Large yellow nodding flowers March-May. Increases quickly, not a thug!
10cm £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
ACTAEA simplex 'James Compton'
Dark bronze leaves and very fragrant white flowers. Elegant and well-behaved.
1.20m £5.00
ASTRANTIA major 'Sunningdale Variegated'
Leaves are splashed with cream. Keep dead-heading to prolong the variegation into summer.
AGM 45cm £5.00
ANEMONE x lipsiensis 'Schwefelfeuer'
A woodland anemone with light yellow flowers on bronze stems April-May.
10cm £5.00
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