shade loving wild flowers
I have a clearing about 15sqm at the back of my garden surrounded by trees and bushes. Years ago I grew veg there but now it's become to shady. If left to it's own devices all that grows is bramble. I've cleared the brambles and in its place I'd like to grow a variety wild flowers to attract insects/birds but the packets of seeds that I've looked at require a sunny position. I'd appreciate any suggestions..
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Plus Snowdrops and Aconites
Also a biennial called Moth mullein ( Verbascum ) come easily from seed and self seed once up and running. Tall spires of white with a purple centre.
Both of those depending on your soil ( we have clay) are easy, and also if you get a lot and they like you, both are easy to weed out unwanted ones.
Do you want only seed to sow or will you be happy buying bulbs and corms?
Lunaria and Linaria.
The big purple linaria grows in part shade here.
Autumn and spring cyclamen are good for under trees and hedges. Though I think coum ( spring) is not quite as easy as the autumn (hederifolium).
Don't mix them, the coum can get swamped by the hederifolium.
They do take a couple of years from seed. But once you have a couple they will seed around themselves.
Some geraniums are woodlanders, phaeum and sylvaticum will do shade.
Try some clematis in your hedge and trees too.
There are so many different ones even winter flowering, that will take some shade.
Bulbs like snowdrops, bluebells and wood anemones.
Pulmonaria.
Comfrey.
I am worried about last winters plantings of Helebores The heat might have got them.
(pagoda is lovely>) and takes shade. Erythronium can come in different colours.
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