
Spikes of creamy white flowers on wiry stems appear in summer (June to July).

One of the darkest heucheras available, ‘Black Beauty’ has stunning dark red-black ruffled leaves. Heuchera ‘Black Beauty’ Dramatically dark leaves of Heuchera ‘Black Beauty’. Plant care: In late winter, cut old fronds down before new growth starts.Ħ. Plant in moist but well drained, humus-rich soil (chalk, clay, loam or sand), preferably in partial shade. The evergreen fronds are arching and dark green, and it is an excellent plant for shady places. This cultivar of the male fern is highly ornamental, with divided ‘crests’ at the end of the individual leaves that make up its fronds. Plant care: In late winter, cut dead fronds down before new growth starts. It thrives in moist but well-drained, humus-rich soil (chalk, clay, loam or sand) and makes a lovely addition to borders.
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Known as the Japanese or copper shield fern, this variety is one of the most striking and hardy evergreen ferns, which love full or partial shade. It has luscious, glossy, bright coppery-red new fronds throughout the growing season, which then turn pink and eventually rich green. prolifica The copper-coloured young fronds of this fern add colour to shady spots in spring. Plant care: No routine care is required, making it a very easy plant to manage!Ĥ. It’s happy in full or partial shade and in moist but well-drained, acidic or neutral soil (loam). In spring (April to May) it also produces clusters of creamy white flowers, which open from greenish-white buds and smell lovely. This is a low maintenance evergreen shrub, which has glossy green leaves throughout the year. Skimmia confusa ‘Kew Green’ The green flowers of Skimmia ‘Kew Green’ are scented. Plant care: In late winter, trim back to keep tidy.ģ. It grows well in full and partial shade and in most well drained soils (chalk, clay, loam or sand) or multipurpose and soil based composts. From spring until autumn (April to June) it also produces white flower clusters. This low maintenance, fully hardy, semi-evergreen perennial produces carpets of silvery leaves with bright green edges. Lamium maculatum ‘White Nancy’ Stand-out silver leaves of Lamium ‘White Nancy’. Plant care: Grow in moist but well-drained soil.Ģ. Its leaves also turn butter yellow in autumn for another season of interest, and its flaky brown stems look good in winter too.

This low maintenance, self-clinging climber is perfect for shady, north-facing walls or areas with little to no sun. In midsummer it bears huge, flattened heads of white hydrangea flowers and glossy green leaves. petiolaris The climbing hydrangea is covered in lacy white flowerheads in summer. Julian Palphramand, Shrubs, specimen plants & roses buyer from Wyevale Garden Centres, lists 10 shade-loving plants that will flourish in your garden. However there are plants that will thrive in the shade. Most gardens will experience some sort of shade throughout the day and the worry is that plants won’t respond well to little or no sunlight.

One of the most common problems for gardeners is how best to plant shady parts of the garden.
