Plants for shade >  Perennials A - D
Aconitum

Aconitum

An elegant woodlander, climbing forms in the main. Monkshoods are a distinct blue colour that is hard to get elsewhere. Always wear gloves when handling as ALL parts of the plant are poisonous.
Anemanthele

Anemanthele

Actaea

Actaea

Anemone - Spring  Flowering

Anemone - Spring Flowering

Anemone - Summer & Autumn Flowering

Anemone - Summer & Autumn Flowering

A variety of anemones for shade, from Spring until Autumn.
Aster

Aster

Woodland Asters suitable for a shady spot in the garden and valuable Autumn flowers
Aspidistra

Aspidistra

Suprisingly hardy but probably best in a sheltered situation.
Adoxa

Adoxa

Anemonopsis

Anemonopsis

A real aristocrat from the wood covered hillsides of Japan.
Arisaema

Arisaema

A selection of hardy forms suitable for a woodland garden.
Asarum

Asarum

Astilbe

Astilbe

We are not mad about the bolt upright arendsii hybrids but are happy to grow the more graceful weeping varieties as well the dwarf crisped forms.
Beesia

Beesia

An unusual plant from the woods of Yunnan. A member of the Buttercup family.
Begonia

Begonia

Caltha

Caltha

Cardamine

Cardamine

Cautleya

Cautleya

Cautleya thrive in moist, humus-rich soils and are most at home in the shade of trees and shrubs or in a mixed border if the soils do not dry out. Plant deeply with at least 10cm (4ins) of soil above the rhizomes.
Chelonopsis

Chelonopsis

Chloranthus

Chloranthus

Chrysoplenium

Chrysoplenium

A group of on the whole moisture loving creeping plants from Asia.
Convallaria

Convallaria

Corydalis

Corydalis

Cyclamen

Cyclamen

Hardy Cyclamen both Spring and Autumn flowering.
Deinanthe

Deinanthe

Digitalis

Digitalis

Diphylleia

Diphylleia

Disporopsis

Disporopsis

Disporum

Disporum

Plants for shade >  Perennials A - D

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Primula 'Guinevere'

Primula 'Guinevere'

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A fine primrose wiith dark red foliage and masses of pink flowers in Spring. Tough and easy form.
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Dryopteris wallichiana AGM

Dryopteris wallichiana AGM

£7.00 (2 or fewer items) £6.50 (3 or more items)

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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Osmunda regalis AGM

Osmunda regalis AGM

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The Royal Fern will tolerate normal soils in shade but really moisture is needed to allow the plant to develop properly. Pea green fronds in Spring that colour to a rich yellow and russet tones in Autumn. Deciduous.
Stunning when grown beside water.
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Polystichum munitum AGM

£10.00 (2 or fewer items) £9.50 (3 or more items)

The American sword fern. Well known and long cultivated in this country. Easy and very effective. Evergreen.
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Dicksonia antarctica AGM

Dicksonia antarctica AGM

£7.95 (2 or fewer items) £7.50 (3 or more items)

The hardiest of the tree ferns. These are in 1 litre pots with the fern about 30 cm tall and will start forming trunks in a couple of years. If you have a sheltered moist spot such as a north east/west border beside a house, worth a trial.

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Woodwardia fimbriata AGM

Woodwardia fimbriata AGM

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Hardy giant chain fern from North America. Fronds tend to go up and outwards not arching over. Evergreen.
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