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 nodosum 'Clos de Coudray'
Beautiful purple flowers with a white edge, May-September. Similar to 'Blueberry Ice', if we've sold out! Shade or sun.
25cm £5.00
ASTRANTIA 'Bloody Mary'
Deep red flowers over summer with a silver-white centre. Part shade.
50cm £5.00
ANEMONELLA thalictroides 'Dark Pink'
Attractive dark foliage, delicate pink flowers fading paler, from early spring.
12cm £6.00
GERANIUM phaeum 'Lisa'
Bright yellow and white foliage all year, grey-purple flowers April-July. Eye-catching in a shady spot.
40cm £4.50
ADENOPHORA potaninii pale flowered
Pale lavender bellflowers on tall upright stems in summer. Lovely in a shady spot or moist soil in sun.
75cm £5.00
ACANTHUS spinosus 'Ferguson's Form'
White and purple flowers July-Oct. Dark, more divided leaves. National Collection Holder's favourite!
90cm £5.00
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
LYSIMACHIA barystachys 'Huntingbrook'
A choice cultivar found in China by Jimi Blake, with deep red stems topped with nodding white flowerheads late summer. Good in shade.
1.00m £5.00
ANEMONELLA thalictroides f.rosea semi-double pink form
Delicate pale pink flowers March-May.
15cm £6.00
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
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