'A Selection of Plants for Damp Shade' available from Avondale Nursery

A Selection of Plants for Damp Shade

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ARUM italicum ssp. italicum 'Marmoratum'

Arrow-shaped cream-veined leaves in autumn. White-yellow spathes early summer. Shade.

AGM NEW 45cm £5.00

PODOPHYLLUM versipelle 'Spotty Dotty'

Green umbrella-shaped foliage with brown spots. Large crimson flowers underneath in summer. Moist soil in shade.

PBR 30cm £9.50

ACTAEA simplex 'Pink Spike'

White flowers in autumn which quickly fade to pink . Moist soil in part shade.

90cm £6.50

PHLOX paniculata 'Eden's Glory'

Big clusters of pure white flowers on strong shorter stems.

50cm £5.00

TRICYRTIS 'Empress'

Exquisite purple-spotted white flowers in autumn, larger and more showy than others. Shade.

75cm £5.00

PHLOX paniculata 'Toits de Paris'

Large scented lavender-blue dark-eyed flowers.

90cm £4.50

HEUCHERA 'Can-Can'

Evergreen plant with ruffled metallic silver colouration over purple, darker veining. Stunning!

AGM 30cm £5.00

ASTRANTIA major 'Sunningdale Variegated'

Leaves are splashed with cream. Keep dead-heading to prolong the variegation into summer.

AGM 45cm £5.50

ASTRANTIA major 'Sunningdale Variegated'

ASTRANTIA major 'Venice'

Vigorous and repeat-flowering, with mid-red flowers.

PBR 50cm £5.50

An enthusiastic creeping plant, described by Bleddyn Wynn-Jones as 'a must-have plant when in flower - it's positively obscene!'. Bergenia-like foliage, sends out long runners, and in early spring bears greenish flowers. Very quirky, great in moist shade.

20cm £5.00

MELICA uniflora 'Variegata'

Clump forming grass with cream-striped foliage. Good in shade.

40cm £5.00

ASTILBOIDES tabularis

Syn. Rodgersia tabularis. Very large, rounded lobed leaves, dense panicles of small creamy flowers above in early summer. Moist soil in part shade.

1.50m £6.00

ANEMONE ranunculoides 'Bill Baker'

Vigorous form with single yellow flowers.

15cm £5.00

PHLOX paniculata 'Blue Paradise'

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

75cm £5.00

PERSICARIA campanulata

An enthusiastic, spreading plant with tall branching sprays of pink flowers all summer, in sun or shade. Lovely grey-green foliage. Well worth trying if you have room!

1.00m £5.00

ARUM 'Chameleon'

Very large glossy marbled leaves over winter, pale green flowers April-May, red berries August-September. Part shade.

AGM 30cm £5.00