'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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ANEMONE nemorosa 'Lionel Bacon'

Pink flowers marked with white.

15cm £5.00

ANEMONE nemorosa 'Lychette'

Large open flat white flowers on maroon-tinted stems.

15cm £5.00

GEUM 'Lisanne'

Lemon-yellow flowers on a compact plant from late April.

25cm £5.00

PHLOX paniculata 'Bright Eyes'

Pale pink, dark-eyed, fragrant flowers.

90cm £5.00

ANEMONE flaccida

Low-growing anemone with white flowers - dappled shade.

10cm £5.00

GEUM 'Marmalade'

Marmalade coloured flowers!

45cm £5.00

ANEMONE nemorosa 'Fruhlingsfee'

Large, cup-shaped white flowers turn pink. Much requested last year.

15cm £5.00

PHLOX paniculata 'Reddish Hesperis'

Not red, but a deeper pink than 'Hesperis'.

90cm £5.00

ANEMONE nemorosa 'Vestal'

Double white flowers on a neat tidy plant. One of the best!

AGM 15cm £5.00

ERYTHRONIUM 'Pagoda'

Bronze mottled leaves and sulphur-yellow flowers.

AGM 20cm £5.00

ANEMONE nemorosa 'Wilks' White'

Single white flowers on taller stems.

25cm £5.00

ACANTHUS spinosus

Glossy, spiky leaves. Purple-hooded, white-lipped flowers. Very architectural!

AGM 90cm £6.00

ANEMONE nemorosa 'Bracteata Pleniflora'

Green-tipped white double flowers with a ruff of green bracts April-May.

15cm £5.00

TRICYRTIS 'Empress'

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

75cm £5.00

GEUM coccineum 'Werner Arends'

Rich orange flowers on short stems.

35cm £5.00

ANEMONE x lipsiensis 'Vindobonensis'

Early creamy-yellow flowers.

15cm £5.00