The Shade Plant Specialists

Long Acre Plants is essentially a mail order plantsman's nursery, situated in a hidden triangle of Somerset that slides into Dorset and Wiltshire. We specialise in unusual woodland plants and plants for shade, by mail order. This includes Erythronium, Epimedium, hardy ferns, hardy geraniums, hellebores (Helleborus), snowdrops, Viola odorata and Hepatica amongst many other shade loving plants.
Plants are the reason for this business and with a very few exceptions we grow what we like, for all the usual human reasons of association, perception of what is beautiful or just inexplicable love.
We try and grow in an environmentally aware way, including peat free compost, collecting and recycling rain water and using recycled paper. Plus all electricity used in the nursery and office is generated by wind or hydro, not through burning fossil fuels. We endeavour to make our packaging as environmentally friendly as possible. The packing cases we use are made from recycled PET which can be recycled again so creating a closed loop and having the best carbon footprint. 		The Shade Plant Specialists

Hardy Ferns

We offer an extensive and large range of wonderful hardy woodland or shady garden ferns, evergreen and deciduous. As a rule, ferns are best in shade, but some ferns will take almost full sun. Some are good in dry soils others in moist. Ferns fit into many different styles of garden, Japanese gardens, woodland gardens, cottage gardens, courtyards and containers, city gardens, tropical/ foliage style gardens even alpine gardens can look wonderful with a range of dwarf ferns, as well as pure ferns gardens or stumperies. Ferns fit into practically all garden situations and combine well with other plants. For example, deciduous ferns can be grown successfully in the same situation as a large Winter/Spring bulb displays, with aconites, Cyclamen, Galanthus, Narcissus and Erythronium etc. 		Hardy Ferns

Upcoming - The Serge Hill Plant Fair

We shall be at the Serge Hill Plant Fair Roadshow evant within Tom Stuart-Smiths wonderful garden and the famous Plant Library. A rare chance to have all three in one day. Only by pre-booked tickets please see the Serge Hill Gardens Website We will be happy to take orders for collection. 		Upcoming - The Serge Hill Plant Fair
Cyclamen

Cyclamen

 Cyclamen is a genus with a number of non-hardy species, but there are also some very hardy species of Cyclamen which thrive in a woodland or shady garden. Early Autumn flowering Cyclamen hederifolium will just about grow anywhere. Winter flowering Cyclamen coum is also is very tolerant of shade, even thriving under walnut trees, where growth in many other plants is greatly supressed.
Geranium

Geranium

 Hardy geraniums are amazingly good in shade, even dry shade. The geranium forms we offer are Summer flowering so often give colour to shady areas during the most difficult time. We find that hardy geraniums combine well with Spring bulbs; eg snowdrops through to Erythronium. Geraniums cover the gaps after the bulbs finish and give another season of colour. A few will even keep their leaves through a mildish Winter too!

New Woodland Plants

Coniogramme japonica Flavomaculata

£11.00

A wonderfully mottled form of the Japanese bamboo fern.
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Best Selling Plants

4 x Native ferns for a wildlife garden

4 x Native ferns for a wildlife garden

£24.00

{Description}Asplenium scolopendrium (Harts Tongue fern) evergreen 35cm.
Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' (Golden Scale Fern) 60cm -1.2m, evergreen.
Osmunda regalis (Royal Fern) 70 cm deciduous.
Dryopteris filix-mas (Male Fern) 60cm tall, deciduous.

4 ferns, one of each of the above in 9cm pots ready to plant in the garden.
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4 x Evergreen ferns for pots or shady borders

4 x Evergreen ferns for pots or shady borders

£24.00

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Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' (Crested Male Fern) 60cm -1.2m, evergreen.
Polystichum setiferum 60cm, evergreen.
Polystichum polyblepharum 60cm, evergreen.
Dryopteris erythrosora 60cm, evergreen.

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One of each, 4 ferns in total, in 9cm pots ready to plant in the garden.
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Polystichum setiferum 'Plumoso-multilobum' AGM

Polystichum setiferum 'Plumoso-multilobum' AGM

£8.50 (2 or fewer items) £8.00 (3 or more items)

syn Polystichum setiferum 'Plumoso-Densum' A fine medium growing form, with divided pinnae on overlapping pinnules. Very architectual in growth. One of the most popular. More for the shade garden rather than the wild garden.
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Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen'

Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen'

£8.50 (2 or fewer items) £8.00 (3 or more items)

A fine divisilobum form of the soft shield fern. A beautiful, elegant form of this easy very tolerant fern even of dry soils. Makes a very good subject for a container.
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Corydalis calycosa

Corydalis calycosa

£8.00 (2 or fewer items) £7.45 (3 or more items)

Fragrant, piercing blue flowers in May and June and all Summer if not too dry. Easy in a soil that retains a bit of moisture, does very well with us under an apple tree. More perennial, easier and a better garden plant than flexuosa.


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Dryopteris dilatata 'Crispa Whiteside' AGM

Dryopteris dilatata 'Crispa Whiteside' AGM

£8.50 (2 or fewer items) £8.00 (3 or more items)

D. dilatata is the common woodland fern around here but this is a much paler golden green, crisped and congested. A very attractive fern. Semi-evergreen.
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