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

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

Astilbe

Astilbe

We are not mad about the bolt upright arendsii hybrids but are happy to grow the more graceful weeping varieties as well the dwarf crisped forms.
Beesia

Beesia

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

Begonia

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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Polystichum tsussimense AGM

Polystichum tsussimense AGM

£7.00 (2 or fewer items) £6.50 (3 or more items)

This neat and low growing pale green Oriental fern has holly like tips and a mass of silvery white scales which gives it a striking silvery appearance in the cool dark, shady conditions it loves. Evergreen.
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Coniogramme emeiensis

£9.50

From Mount Emei, in China. Very rarely seen, so we are thrilled to be able to offer it. Mottled yellow and green fronds on this new introduction from China. Proving hardy so far. A good new introduction for a sheltered moist situation.
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Tricyrtis lasiocarpa B & SWJ 3635

Tricyrtis lasiocarpa B & SWJ 3635

£8.00

A fine introduction with clear blue flowers in Autumn on this species which has above ground layers rather than the typical rhizomes.
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Pteris umbrosa

£9.00

A new species which is proving to be hardy. Growing up to around 60cm tall and evergreen. Needs moist fertile soil.
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Begonia grandis Bells and Whistles

Begonia grandis Bells and Whistles

£7.00

A fully hardy for with silver mottling to the dark green leaves. Dark red lower leaf surface. A distinct new form.
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Pteris nipponica

Pteris nipponica

£7.00

A fine species of Ribbon Fern, light green fronds with a with white strip. Not for a really cold spot, no colder than - 6 degrees c. Very good in a pot or a sheltered courtyard or similar.
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