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23-03-2008, 07:19 PM
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| |  A shady garden
As many shade loving plants and flowers ferns climbers etc please for a north facing garden! But want as much colour as poss throughout the year! So Starting with Aconites, Primroses, Pulmonaria, Violas and ending with Asters etc............Go! 
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23-03-2008, 07:29 PM
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How native do they need to be or don't they?
Got some books with those plants in but guess what?! - it's in the back box right at the bottom
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23-03-2008, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by tufftie  How native do they need to be or don't they?
Got some books with those plants in but guess what?! - it's in the back box right at the bottom | Native not important. Just attractive planting the year through. So plants such as foxgloves, blue poppies etc and don't forget the climber (not too vigorous)!!! 
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23-03-2008, 07:48 PM
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Aucuba, choisya, vinca major and minor, fatsia japonica, mahonia japonica will think about more 
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23-03-2008, 07:48 PM
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Climber book was to hand so - two non thugs for shady areas are akebias and schisandra. Just going to do a nose dive into a deep box |
23-03-2008, 07:48 PM
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Periwinkle, Hosta, Fatsia japonica, Hellebore, Mahonia, |
23-03-2008, 07:54 PM
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Before I forget! It's a small area so nothing too bushy. Thankyou
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23-03-2008, 08:00 PM
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Another climber is Lapageria...an evergreen from Chilli plant grows to 6'.
A few plants - wood anenomes (surprise, surprise! ) trilliums, white rosebay, some geranium phaems i.e. mourning widow and dicentras. More to follow... |
23-03-2008, 08:06 PM
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I do like Akebias with there chocolate fragrance! What about Shade loving Clematis? It's to cover an Arbour!
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23-03-2008, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Jez I do like Akebias with there chocolate fragrance! What about Shade loving Clematis? It's to cover an Arbour! | All clematis like their feet in the shade and faces in the sun...the best one would be a C. alpina | | | |
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