Garden plants ideas?
Adele Davies
4 years ago
Hi. Front garden, North facing. Needs serious planting & colour. Especially something on the left corner. Any ideas of what might survive in this very shady spot gratefully received!
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rachelmidlands
4 years agoHi Adele. There’s lots of things you can grow in shade. Off the top of my head and just using common names (even then I have trouble spelling them:)), Aquilegias, astibille, primroses, bleeding heart, hostas, hecheuras, violets, vinca minor and major, ferns, hellebores.... the list goes on. This should give you a better idea: https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=100
For containers or hanging baskets I recommend begonias in full shade. The non stop varieties are good should be available in garden centres and nurseries now and will flower all summer but first frost will kill them so I re plant with with winter pansies and spring bulbs around November. Hope this helps.
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