Plants for shade >  Perennials E - K
Epimedium

Epimedium

 A question of two groups: the old European species are happy in a drier soil, but the Chinese species are very much plants for a humus rich, moisture retentive, but not boggy, spot in some shade. Some will prefer a sheltered spot to flush them into flower in Spring. Fine wiry stems carry airy dancing star or spider like flowers. An essential plant for any garden.
Erigeron

Erigeron
Erythronium

Erythronium

 A very lovely genus, their common name is Dog's Tooth Violet (from the distinctive shape of the bulb) a thing of possibly unmatched beauty in the Spring garden.
Galium

Galium
Gentiana

Gentiana
Geranium

Geranium

 A wide ranging group of plants that give an enormous amount to the garden. Those listed are herbaceous and tolerant of some shade and in many cases, very dry shady situations. Geraniums are great garden plants with long flowering periods.
Gillenia

Gillenia

 Exceptionally beautifull North American woodlanders which do well in some sun in the UK. Common name Indian physic to do with its medicinal properties
Hepatica

Hepatica

 Hepatica is a charming plant for the woodland garden, some are easier than others. Japanese cultivars are really only suitable for pot culture but many of the European woodland species and forms make good garden plants.
Hylomecon

Hylomecon
Impatiens

Impatiens
Jeffersonia

Jeffersonia
Kirengeshoma

Kirengeshoma
Plants for shade >  Perennials E - K

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Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' AGM

Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' AGM

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A truly magnificent fern with splendid crests and arching fronds, said to be the 'King of the British Ferns'. In time, to 1.2m tall. Very effective in a pot against a north facing wall. Semi-evergreen.
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Disporum longistylum 'Night Heron'

Disporum longistylum 'Night Heron'

£8.50

Dark flushed purple foliage on this bamboo like Disporum. Easy in a sheltered shady bed. Evergreen if sheltered enough and then gets to a good size.
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Polystichum aculeatum AGM

Polystichum aculeatum AGM

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Native hard shield fern with glossy stiff leathery fronds. Tolerant of most soils and happy with some chalk in the soil. Evergreen.
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Persicaria virginiana 'Lance Corporal'

Persicaria virginiana 'Lance Corporal'

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A lovely plant and wonderful foliage, with a dark red chevron shaped flash on each leaf and bright red spikes of flowers in masses in Autumn. Always very popular when seen at shows and sales. A stellar performer from late Summer and into the Autumn. Very easy to establish, they thrive in heavy and damp soils.
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Actaea racemosa

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Much under rated plant with pale green/yellow foliage which looks super planted with the black or brown foliage forms. Candles of white flowers to 2m tall in August and September. A north American species which is comparitively easy to grow.
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Dryopteris wallichiana AGM

Dryopteris wallichiana AGM

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A most magnificent fern from the Himalayas and Japan, although named after the Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich. The young unfolding fronds are a golden green in the Spring contrasting well with the hairy black midrib and stems. Needs moist conditions though not boggy and avoid dry alkaline soils. Evergreen.
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