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  • #1

    shade loving shrubs?

    Our front garden has patches that don't get a lot of sun. The sun has gone by lunchtime.There is a large circle cut out of the lawn (the mossery I should say) that needs filling with something as I dug out all the dead roses when we moved in. They didn't look very healthy!

    I need some suggestions for shade tolerating shrubs, one big one for the middle then smaller things around. It's also on a slope, very stony and dry.

    If I go to the garden centre without some ideas I will end up buying plants I WANT to grow there instead of the ones that will do well

    Thanks, janeyo
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    Skimmia are ok in shade as are some euphorbia.
    WPC F Hobbit, Shire police

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    • #3
      Thanks

      I have been making a list... can add euphorbia to it.

      So far I have: Hosta, Acer, Hydrangea, Hypericum, Rhododendron, and your suggestions!

      Looks like I have swalowed a dictionary, lol

      janeyo

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      • #4
        What about fatsia japonica? It looks quite exotic and is tough as old boots. Evergreen and glossy.
        Growing in the Garden of England

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        • #5
          Or how about Ferns - I noticed that one of the better local suppliers has loads of them in at the moment for about £1 each in 3" pots then you add some English Bluebells, Snowdrops and Anemones for spring. Honey suckle will do OK in shade as well as it's a woodland plant and Mahonia is another.
          ntg
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