Plant ideas
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We've dedicated the shaded patch of a raised bed to native bluebells. It looks good in April/May (will look better when the bluebells are more dense!), but it looks very bare now. What can I plant that would complement bluebells, e.g. come up in May/June to provide cover over the summer, but tolerate quite heavy shade?
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Pulmonaria likes shade and would go well but likes moist soil.
I've got both blue ensign and sissinhurst white and they look very nice in spring with the bells
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Geranium macrorhizum is good in shade - scented leaves, flowers in May/June are pale to deep pink depending on variety. Geranium Kashmir White has different foliage and white flowers which would brighten up a shady space. Geranium renardii has veined flowers and diffferent leaves again.
You could look at vincas - plain green or variegated foliage and blue or white flowers depending on variety. I'd go for the variegated form or the white flowered form in shade.
If it's damp enough for pulmonarias, have a look at hostas too.
Tiarellas are good in shade - flower May-July.
Aquilegias, fuchsia's for later on, dicentra, foxgloves
Aquilegias, fuchsia's for later on, dicentra, foxgloves, if it's damp then Astilbes too.
If it's sheltered, a small acer?
Lily of the valley.