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Plant idea - shade but dry

Wrigs21Wrigs21 Posts: 194
edited April 2021 in Plants
Hi guys
After some failed attempts I’m looking for suggestions for a medium sized shrub or similar that’s happy in shade and on a slope so it can get dry in the summer. 
On the flip side on the other side of the garden I have a border that’s empty that’s sunshine and dry 😁
Ideas on a postcard... 


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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,823
    For the shady side have a look at hypericum https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/97331/hypericum-rowallane/details-beta or forms of chaenomoles aka Japanese quince
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 14,592
    Try this website, very good company.
    http://www.plantsforshade.co.uk/
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Wrigs21Wrigs21 Posts: 194
    Thank you. Seem to be mostly perennials listed. Looking for something slightly larger to fill the space 
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,050
    Fuchsia magellanica and its varieties will do fine in shade or sun. They grow fine in my dry sandy soil (although perhaps they don't get quite as big as they might do on richer stuff).
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • AthelasAthelas Posts: 910
    Mahonia ‘Cabaret’ or a sarcococca? Both come up on Crocus in a search for: shrubs + shade + special conditions = dry shade + eventual size = medium

    https://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/shrubs/plcid.1/vid.11/vid.241/vid.38/


    Cambridgeshire, UK
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,507
    Have you looked at this article https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/articles/graham-rice/plants-for-places/year-round-champions-for-dry-shade

    Although they will cope with dry conditions when established they will need watering well for their first season or so.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,076
    What about euonymus  'Emerald n Gold' or "Silver Queen"? They are tough and can manage dry shade and will brighten up a dark corner. I grew both in difficult spots in my last garden.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • B3B3 Posts: 26,959
    Escallonia would probably grow well there. I have some growing in the dry, dappled  shade of a large sycamore
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Wrigs21Wrigs21 Posts: 194
    Thanks guys, some great suggestions here. 
  • Wrigs21Wrigs21 Posts: 194
    Busy-Lizzie said:
    What about euonymus  'Emerald n Gold' or "Silver Queen"? They are tough and can manage dry shade and will brighten up a dark corner. I grew both in difficult spots in my last garden.
    Whats your thoughts on Alatus? 
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