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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ANGELICA 'Ebony'
Stunning purple-black pinnate foliage, and dark purple buds open to rounded umbels of pink flowers August-October. Deep moist soil in sun to part shade.
NEW 1.00m £5.00
ASTRANTIA major ssp. involucrata 'Barrister'
Many creamy-white flowers with green tips. Flowers all summer.
75cm £5.00
ASTRANTIA major 'Sunningdale Variegated'
Leaves are splashed with cream. Keep dead-heading to prolong the variegation into summer.
AGM 45cm £5.00
POLYGONATUM verticillatum 'Himalayan Giant'
A robust form, with whorls of narrow leaves along tall stems, emerging purple-brown then green. Small pendulous purple-speckled white flowers, then red berries in autumn.
1.20m £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
TRICYRTIS 'Empress'
Exquisite purple-spotted white flowers in autumn, larger and more showy than others. Shade.
75cm £5.00
ACANTHUS spinosus
Glossy, spiky leaves. Purple-hooded, white-lipped flowers. Very architectural!
AGM 90cm £5.00
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