Best Plants / shrubs for shady patch

TuckTuckBoom

Can anyone offer any advice to plants which will survive in the shade? Part of my garden is covered by next doors trees and as a result I have one side which looks nice and the other quite barren.

Thanks

elsien

I'm guessing it's dry shade if it's under next doors trees?
Things like hostas, epimedium and periwinkles should do ok. Some bulbs - bluebells, snowdrops, then primroses should give you some colour earlier in the year. Lily of the valley? I also have an aspidistra that seems to like it there as well, and gives a bit of height. If it's a bit more damp, astilbes seem reasonably happy.
You could also try brunnera and pulmonaria if it's a bit more damp, or if you can bulk up the soil to make it more moisture retaining. Some of the smaller ground cover sedum seem to quite like my shady bits.

Oldbiggles

TuckTuckBoom wrote: »

Can anyone offer any advice to plants which will survive in the shade? Part of my garden is covered by next doors trees and as a result I have one side which looks nice and the other quite barren.

Thanks

Rhubarb. It provides a green plant during the growing season and the plus is you can eat it.

heynonnynonny

Google BBC plant finder too, it lets you select light conditions, soil conditions etc you might find something there.

savemoney

Bleeding heart likes shade. Just bought a large plant yesterday for £3. Lovely colour red heart shaped flowers you can get it in white too. The branches are very easy to break off though

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/272.shtml

heynonnynonny

I think I'll get some bleeding heart for my shady patch. Got hart's tongue fern, a hosta, primula, forget me not and epimedium all of which seem thriving in the dry shade.