'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 'Blood Orange'

Gold flowers open apricot, red stems. Lovely!

30cm £5.00

PHLOX paniculata 'Alba Grandiflora'

Border phlox with conical heads of white flowers. Sun or part shade.

AGM 1.00m £5.00

ANEMONE ranunculoides ssp. wockeana

Tiny, bright yellow wood anemone flowers.

5cm £5.00

CONVALLARIA majalis 'Hardwick Hall'

Leaves have a pale creamy-green edge.

25cm £5.00

GEUM 'Poco'

Upright purplish stems bear yellow-apricot flowers.

45cm £5.00

GEUM 'Prinses Juliana'

Semi-double bright orange flowers.

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

GALANTHUS 'Hippolyta'

Neat, double rounded blooms with concave outer segments.

10cm £7.50

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

PHLOX paniculata 'Toits de Paris'

Large scented lavender-blue dark-eyed flowers.

90cm £4.50

PHLOX paniculata 'Blue Paradise'

Large, fragrant, violet-blue flowers from July-August. Good mildew-resistance.

75cm £5.00

GEUM 'Starker's Magnificum'

Big double tangerine flowers on tall stems from May.

45cm £5.00

ANEMONE nemorosa 'Grandiflora'

Large single white flowers.

25cm £5.00

GERANIUM nodosum 'Blueberry Ice'

A stunning new selection, launched by Elworthy Plants and ourselves a few years ago. Dark purple-blue flowers frosted with white on the edges of the petals.

30cm £5.00

ANEMONE nemorosa 'Virescens'

A novelty! Finely cut green bracts and no petals.

AGM 20cm £5.00

ANEMONE nemorosa 'Cedric's Pink'

Pink flowers.

10cm £5.00