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Planting schemes for shady gardens

Our suggestions for selecting plants from our range to suit your shady garden.

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Aquilegia 'Black Barlow'

Moist soil in shade

Small shady border with moist soil - 2 x 4 metres                      
  • Low growing: x3 Heuchera, x3 Geranium, x3 Bergenia, x3 Alchemilla
  • Medium-tall habit: and x3 Aquilegia, x3 Astrantia, x3 Digitalis x3 Ligularia

Medium-large shady border with moist soil - 3 x 6 metre
  • Low growing: x3 Tiarella, x6 Heuchera, x3 Geranium, x3 Bergenia, x3 Alchemilla
  • Medium-tall habit: x6 Campanula, x3 Aquilegia, x3 Dicentra, x3 Aucuba, x3 Euonymous 
  • Feature plants:  x6 Digitalis, x6 Ligularia, x3 Cornus, x3 Hydrangea.


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Dryopteris filix mas

Dry soil in shade

Small shady border with dry soil - 2 x 4 metres                          
  • Low growing: x3 Bergenia, x3 Heuchera, x3 Pachysandra, x3 Prunella
  • Medium-tall habit: x3 Geranium 'Spessart' x3 Dryopteris filix mas, x3 Alchemilla, x3 Digitalis

Medium-large shady border with dry soil - 3 x 6 metre          
  • Low growing: x3 Tiarella, x6 Heuchera, x3 Geranium, x3 Bergenia, x3 Alchemilla 
  • Medium-tall habit: x6 Geranium 'Spessart' or 'Ingwerscens', x6 Liriope, x3Alchemilla, x3 Euphorbia
  • Feature plants: x6 Digitalis, x6 Aucuba, x3 Elaegnus ebbingei, x3 Mahonia.

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Heucherella 'Sunrise Falls'

Ground cover plants

Plant 3 to 5 plants per square metre depending on how quickly you want the area to be covered.

Ground covering plants for moist soil.   Ajuga, Alchemilla, Bergenia, Cotoneaster, Euonymous, Ferns, Geranium, Heuchera, Hosta, Houttuynia, Hypericum, Lamium, Liriope, Pachysandra, Persicaria, Primula, Prunella, Pulmonaria, Symphytum, Tiarella.

Ground covering plants for dry soil.
Alchemilla, Bergenia, Brunnera, Cotoneaster, Euonymous, Geranium 'Spessart' or 'Ingwerscens', Heuchera, Hypericum, Lamium, Liriope, Ophiopogon, Pachysandra, Persicaria, Prunella, Pulmonaria, Symphytum, Tiarella.
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