Plants for shade
Jack Honour
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I wonder if anybody can help me. An area in my garden is in light shade for quite a lot of the day but it does receive some sun. The area isn't moist/boggy but I water the whole garden thoroughly every other night in the summer so that I can grow plants such as hydrangeas without problems. I currently grow some sedum there but would like to redo it and make it into a better herbaceous border. I really like herbaceous perennials but most of them need full sun. However, I think these plants would do well in this spot, please can anybody advise:
- Astrantia 'Roma' (Masterwort)
- Lobelia
- Campanula Lactiflora
- Speedwell
- Stachys Officinalis
Also, if anybody can suggest any other plants similar to these which would do well, I would be very grateful.
Jack
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Here is a picture so that you can see my taste in plants.
What about Dicentra, not exactly what you asked for but they might fit in. Early to appear. Mine aren't in a very moist area but I water well.
Aquilegia does well in shade. Aconitum, pulmonaria,
A good plan is to go and look at other peoples' gardens and see what they have in shade and how well they're doing
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hardy geraniums don't mind a bit of shade and come in pinks, blues and white.
thank you all for your comments. I will consider dicentria but I just don't like the way they look very much. That link is useful, I'll have a better look through that later.
I have lots of aquilegia around the garden that self-seed along with lots of foxgloves which also do well in shady areas. I am concerned about acontium being toxic so probably give those a miss but pulmonaria are worth considering.
Geraniums - I have 2 large clumps of pink ones and 2 large blue plants. So whilst I love them, I think I probably have enough.
Would the plants I listed in my original post do well?
Jack
Personally i like Geraniums, Hostas, Heucheras, Aster frikartii monch, Penstemons.
All the ones you listed look as if they will cope with part shade.
Good luck with your border.
Aconitums are poisonous if eaten but they don't have attractive berries to eat or anything that makes them look edible.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I love them. I don't know what they taste like
I'd like stainless steel, maybe on the shopping list for this year?
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