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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ANEMONELLA thalictroides 'Dark Pink'
Attractive dark foliage, delicate pink flowers fading paler, from early spring.
12cm £6.00
ARUNCUS 'Woldemar Meier'
A shorter form with feathery foliage which turns fiery orange in midsummer. White flowers from June. Aruncus will tolerate dry shade.
45cm £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
GERANIUM phaeum 'Sericourt'
Emerging foliage is golden-yellow in spring, then maroon flowers April-July. Lovely, even in dry shade!
NEW 50cm £4.50
ARUM italicum ssp. italicum 'Marmoratum'
Arrow-shaped cream-veined leaves in autumn. White-yellow spathes early summer. Shade.
AGM 45cm £5.00
ASTRANTIA major 'Jitse'
New selection, with green-centred white flowers edged with ruby-red, May-August.
50cm £5.00
ANEMONE apennina var. albiflora
Narrow fingered leaves with multi-petalled, blue-backed white flowers in spring.
20cm £4.50
ACANTHUS spinosus 'Royal Haughty'
Pale mauve flowers July-September and deeply cut leaves.
NEW 1.20m £5.00
GEUM 'Mai Tai'
Ruffled burgundy buds open to reveal pale peach flowers flushed with rose-pink, through spring and summer. My current favourite.
45cm £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 ranunculoides laciniata
Large yellow nodding flowers March-May. Increases quickly, not a thug!
10cm £4.50
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