Plants for a damp shaded area

Sizeyuk1

Well we have finally given up trying to grow a lawn in our side garden it is so wet and gets no sun, yesterday we covered it with a membrane and gravel. I need to know now what to plant in it that will cope with the conditions, something for the spring, summer and possibly something that will look good in the winter.

pansyface

Hello. The woods round here are full of wild garlic, with its lovely white flowers, and edible leaves and bluebells.

Sizeyuk1

Thank you I will think about bluebells and wild garlic. but don't thay both spread a lot, I would likesomething a bit more compact

 

Sizeyuk1

Thanks Patsy, thats given me a good selection

artjak

Sizeyuk1, I grow the wild garlic in holes in a membrane and covered in pea shingle so it doesn't spread; also Vinca, white and blue/purple. Foxgloves, forget-me-nots (I pull them up as they finish flowering - enough seeds have dropped by then for next year and compost the rest)

Sizeyuk1

Thanks Artjak thats given me some more to think about

Obelixx

Astilbe, chelone, aquilegia, Japanese anemone, dicentra, hostas, ligularia, lily of the valley, fritillaria meleagris, cornus alba sibirica, ferns (not sure which), hakonechloa, primulas, snowdrops and tête à tête daffs all in a damp, shaded bed that gets sun after 3:30pm between the spring and autumn équinoxes and can be flooded or frozen solid in winter

fidgetbones

this might help.

http://plantsforshade.co.uk/acatalog/Plants_for_Moist_Shade.html

 

Sizeyuk1

Thanks to  everyone who replied to my post, lots of ideas now, just going to have a few weeks holiday and then the work will begin