Plants for shade >  Perennials A - D
Aconitum

Aconitum

An elegant woodlander, climbing forms in the main. Monkshoods are a distinct blue colour that is hard to get elsewhere. Always wear gloves when handling as ALL parts of the plant are poisonous.
Anemanthele

Anemanthele

Actaea

Actaea

Anemone - Spring  Flowering

Anemone - Spring Flowering

Aster

Aster

Woodland Asters suitable for a shady spot in the garden and valuable Autumn flowers
Aspidistra

Aspidistra

Suprisingly hardy but probably best in a sheltered situation.
Adoxa

Adoxa

Ajuga

Ajuga

Anemonopsis

Anemonopsis

A real aristocrat from the wood covered hillsides of Japan.
Arisaema

Arisaema

A selection of hardy forms suitable for a woodland garden.
Asarum

Asarum

Beesia

Beesia

An unusual plant from the woods of Yunnan. A member of the Buttercup family.
Begonia

Begonia

Brunnera

Brunnera

Plants highly valued for their foliage as well as flowers.
Caltha

Caltha

Cardamine

Cardamine

Cautleya

Cautleya

Cautleya thrive in moist, humus-rich soils and are most at home in the shade of trees and shrubs or in a mixed border if the soils do not dry out. Plant deeply with at least 10cm (4ins) of soil above the rhizomes.
Chelonopsis

Chelonopsis

Chloranthus

Chloranthus

Chrysoplenium

Chrysoplenium

A group of on the whole moisture loving creeping plants from Asia.
Convallaria

Convallaria

Corydalis

Corydalis

Cyclamen

Cyclamen

Hardy Cyclamen both Spring and Autumn flowering.
Deinanthe

Deinanthe

Digitalis

Digitalis

Diphylleia

Diphylleia

Disporopsis

Disporopsis

Disporum

Disporum

Plants for shade >  Perennials A - D

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Adiantum aleuticum 'Imbricatum'

Adiantum aleuticum 'Imbricatum'

£9.00 (2 or fewer items) £8.50 (3 or more items)

A short growing form with imbricate pinnules to this easy hardy maidenhair fern. To 20 cm tall.
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Athyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae' AGM

Athyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae' AGM

£6.95 (2 or fewer items) £6.50 (3 or more items)

The Irish Tatting fern. Beautiful, with striking long narrow fronds resembling a string of beads. Deciduous.
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Primula vulgaris AGM

Primula vulgaris AGM

£5.95 (2 or fewer items) £5.50 (3 or more items)

The much loved, native woodland primrose, a gem of a plant that, if it weren't so common here in Somerset and the surrounding areas, would be held in much higher regard. Very easy and an important source of early nectar.

An absolute must for a native, wildlife and or woodland garden.


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Erigeron karvinskianus AGM

Erigeron karvinskianus AGM

£4.50 (2 or fewer items) £3.95 (3 or more items)

A plant that will flower all Summer, and in time, gently seed about. Grows petty much anywhere but looks great in walls and steps, it will take a lot of shade.
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Athyrium niponicum 'Godzilla'

Athyrium niponicum 'Godzilla'

£10.00

A new cultivar, larger growing than other forms. Creates quite a stunning large pot. Best in a courtyard or north wall.
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Cystopteris moupinensis

Cystopteris moupinensis

£8.00

A newly introduced species, creeping and forming an matt some 20cm high.
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