Of unkown origin, this plant has been in cultivation since the 17th century. Prefers moist soil and part shade rather than full sun, this plant needs very little care and will grow well in unculitvated neglected spaces.
Flower spikes reach up to 30cm in height with small individual pink flowers measuring less than 1cm across [...]
Archive for the ‘partial shade’ Category
Saxifraga x urbium
Posted in Early spring herbaceous, Shade tolerant, Spring interest, partial shade, prefers damp soil on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bergenia cordifolia
Posted in Early spring herbaceous, RHS AGM, Spring interest, partial shade, prefers damp soil, sunny, well drained soil on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Originating in Siberia, this low maintenance perennial has broad, leathery leaves which make dense ground cover when established especially if grown in a group. Spikes of pink flowers are produced in spring and in to the summer. Plant in moist but well-drained, humus-rich soil in sun or part shade. Tolerates poor soil and exposed [...]
Euphorbia X “Martinii”
Posted in Early spring herbaceous, Hardy, RHS AGM, Shade tolerant, Spring interest, alkaline, chalk, dry shade, partial shade, sunny, well drained soil on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Euphorbia X “Martinii” is a natural hybrid discovered growing wild in southern France during the late 19th century. It remains a good choice if you have poor, dry soil in shade and thrives in difficult conditions. It is a rhizomatous plant that spreads by underground runners.
Spread 30cm x 60cm, RHS Award of Garden Merit
Helleborus Argutifolius
Posted in Early spring herbaceous, Evergreen perrenial, Moist Shade, RHS AGM, Shade tolerant, Spring interest, partial shade on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Evergreen perennial to 1m with stout stems bearing leaves composed of three spiny-toothed dark green leaflets. Bowl-shaped, nodding, pale green flowers 4-5cm wide are borne in large open clusters. Like all hellebores, they dislike being moved once established, so should not be divided. Given the right conditions, they will self-seed quite easily.
RHS Award of [...]
Helleborus orientalis
Posted in Early spring herbaceous, Hardy, Shade tolerant, Spring interest, partial shade on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Large clusters of saucer-shaped flowers with white, pink, red, and creamy yellow appear from mid winter to mid spring. The large leathery-looking, evergreen foliage may die down in a cold winter, but fresh new growth appears just ahead of the flowers.
45cm x 45cm
Helleborus foetidus
Posted in Early spring herbaceous, Shade tolerant, Spring interest, full sun, partial shade on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Evergreen perennial to 60cm with erect stems and leaves palmately divided several narrow dark green leaflets. Nodding, purple-edged, pale green flowers to 2.5cm wide are borne in large open clusters.
80cm x 45cm
RHS Award of Garden Merit
Symphytum ibericum.
Posted in Early spring herbaceous, Hardy, Moist Shade, Shade tolerant, Spring interest, alkaline, partial shade, prefers damp soil on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A low growing, about 10 inches (25cm) high, Comfrey with cream flowers and oval lanceolate green leaves. Very hardy. Culinary and medicinal uses. Perennial. Good ground cover in woodland areas
Pulmonaria saccharata
Posted in Early spring herbaceous, Moist Shade, Shade tolerant, Spring interest, partial shade, prefers damp soil on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial with elliptic, white-spotted, mid-green leaves up to 27cm (11in) in length. Funnel-shaped, red-violet, violet or white flowers are produced from late winter to early spring.
Pieris ‘Forest flame’
Posted in Acid loving plant, Containters, Flowering shrub, Hardy, Spring interest, full sun, partial shade, shrub on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
New growth in the spring produces beautiful, glossy, pink and red foliage. It flowers between April and May with ‘lily of the valley’ type white bell shaped flowers. It must be grown in ericaceous compost and will benefit from a mulch of composted pine needles every spring. Final planting size is 4m high x 2m [...]
