Plants for shade >  Perennials R - Y
Rodgersia

Rodgersia
Roscoea

Roscoea

 Exotic looking plants with stunning flowers. We have what may be considered an extreme number of Roscoea, but we have grown them outside for a number of years and find we can have different species in flower from April to October, something very few other woodland genera can offer. We find them easy in a shady spot with a moist but not boggy soil. Plant deeply and avoid keeping them in pots overwinter. They can bea little slow to reappear in Spring.
Sanguinaria

Sanguinaria
Saxifraga

Saxifraga
Silene

Silene
Speirantha

Speirantha
Symphytum

Symphytum
Synthyris

Synthyris
Tellima

Tellima
Thalictrum

Thalictrum
Tiarella

Tiarella

 We are continuing to introduce new forms but still keep older varieties in production, probably because they are all good easy garden plants for shade, even dryish shade. Great flowers and fabulous foliage - a winning combination.
Tricyrtis

Tricyrtis

 Toad lilies, we hold quite a range that are available at various times in the year. All are available mail order.
Uvularia

Uvularia
Vinca

Vinca
Viola

Viola

 The Viola odorata forms are all single, easy growing, for a shady spot in the garden. The new Devon violets are much better than the old cut flower clones, not virus infested nor prone to red spider mite. Wonderful in a wild or woodland garden where they will happily seed about.
Zantedeschia

Zantedeschia
Plants for shade >  Perennials R - Y

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Brunnera macrophylla 'Silver Spear'

Brunnera macrophylla 'Silver Spear'

£6.50 (2 or fewer items) £5.95 (3 or more items)


Fully silvered leaves and blue flowers in Spring. Shows great vigour even in dry conditions. Will gradually form a good size plant. Is similar to, but proving a better plant than Jack Frost.
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Liriope muscari 'Big Blue' AGM

Liriope muscari 'Big Blue' AGM

£4.95 (2 or fewer items) £4.65 (3 or more items)

Predictably large with blue flowers. One of the best of the good flowering forms, and strong evergreen foliage.
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Asplenium scolopendrium AGM

Asplenium scolopendrium AGM

£4.95 (2 or fewer items) £4.80 (3 or more items)

The native wild form of this easy and very useful evergreen fern. Strap shaped, long undivided fronds giving the plant it's common name Hart's (deer) Tongue fern. Grows better on alkaline to neutral soils. Happy in damp shade but also in dry shade once established. This fern works brilliantly with other ferns, hostas and bergenias.
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Alchemilla mollis AGM

Alchemilla mollis AGM

£5.25 (2 or fewer items) £4.80 (3 or more items)

Common as muck but brilliant for a tough spot. Plumes of lime green/yellow flowers in Summer. Wonderful for flower arranging and the leaves look magical with water droplets sitting on them. Very dry shade tolerant and resistant to deer and rabbits, plus the occasional football or foot.

Often used at the front of borders and complementing other flowering perennials (it looks stunning when planted with Geranium 'Rozanne'), Alchemilla can also be used most effectively to create an area of differing foliage colours and textures - it combines beautifully with small to medium sized ferns.

It will mildly seed around but it is just too useful to ignore! Cutting foliage and faded flower stems back in mid/late summer will produce a second flush of leaves and the odd flower.
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Geranium nodosum 'Silverwood'

Geranium nodosum 'Silverwood'

£4.95 (2 or fewer items) £4.80 (3 or more items)

A fully white flowered form of Geranium nodosum that will easily cope with dry shade. Maybe not quite as vigorous as the species.
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Geranium macrorrhizum 'Pindus'

Geranium macrorrhizum 'Pindus'

£5.95 (2 or fewer items) £5.50 (3 or more items)

A slightly compact growing form to only around 25cm tall, spreading by rhizomes and clusters of pretty reddish purple flowers over a long time. Very good ground cover including in very dry shade.
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