Plants for shade

Hardy Ferns A - D
Adiantum, Arachnoides, Asplenium, Athyrium, Blechnum, Ceterach, Cheilanthus, Cyrtomium, Cystopteris, Dennstaedtia, Dicksonia, Doodia, Dryopteris.

Hardy ferns E - W
Gymnocarpium, Matteuccia, Microlepia, Onoclea, Osmunda, Pellaea, Phegopteris, Polypodium, Polystichum, Pteris, Selaginella, Woodsia, Woodwardia.

Perennials A - D
Actaea, Aconitum, Adenophora, Agapanthus, Ajuga, Androsace, Anemone, Anemonella, Anemonopsis, Aquilegia, Aralia, Arisaema, Arum, Aruncus, Asarum, Astilbe, Astilboides, Astrantia, Beesia, Bergenia, Brunnera, Calanthe, Caltha, Campanula, Cardamine, Caulophyllum, Cautleya, Chelonopsis, Chloranthus, Convallaria, Corydalis, Cyclamen, Dactylorhiza, Deinanthe, Dicentra, Dierama, Digitalis, Diphylleia, Disporopsis, Disporum, Dodecatheon.

Perennials E - K

Perennials L - P
Lamium, Lathyrus, Leucojum, Ligularia, Liriope, Lobelia, Lysmachia, Lysichiton, Meconopsis, Meehania, Melittis, Mertensia, Mitella, Mukdenia, Narcissus, Nephrophyllidium, Omphalodes, Ophiopogon, Ourisia, Pachysandra, Pachyphragma, Paeonia, Paris, Patrinia, Peltoboykinia, Petasites, Phlox, Polemonium, Polygonatum, Primula, Pteridophyllum, Pulmonaria.

Perennials R - Z
Ranunculus, Rheum, Rodgersia, Rohdea, Romanzoffia, Roscoea, Rubus, Salvia, Sanguinaria, Saruma, Saxifraga, Schizostylis, Scoliopus, Smilacina, Soldanella, Spiranthes, Strobilanthes, Symphytum, Syneilesis, Synthyris, Tellima, Thalictrum, Tiarella, Trautvetteria, Tricyrtis, Trillium, Triosteum, Trollius, Tropaeolum, Uvularia, Vancouveria, Veratrum, Viola, Ypsilandra.

Plants for Specific Locations
A selection of plants listed for specific situations in a shady garden.

Best Selling Plants

Athyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae' AGM

£6.95 (2 or fewer items) £6.50 (3 or more items)

The Irish Tatting fern. Beautiful, with striking long narrow fronds resembling a string of beads. Deciduous.
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Adiantum aleuticum 'Imbricatum'

£9.00 (2 or fewer items) £8.50 (3 or more items)

A short growing form with imbricate pinnules to this easy hardy maidenhair fern. To 20 cm tall.
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Athyrium niponicum 'Godzilla'

£10.00

A new cultivar, larger growing than other forms. Creates quite a stunning large pot. Best in a courtyard or north wall.
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Tiarella 'Sugar and Spice'

£8.20 (2 or fewer items) £7.95 (3 or more items)

'Sugar and Spice' is one of our best with shiny, lacquered leaves, which are lacy with a heavily marked center in Summer and Winter. Spring brings lightly fragrant flowers, frosted pink with a white interior.
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Cystopteris moupinensis