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Flowers for damp shade?
Yet another Q for the lovely people in here.
My daughter's new house has a plot at the kitchen door which tends to stay dampish but not sodden. It's in the shade of the house, on the north side - so hardly ever gets any real strong sun. Approx 10 x 8ft.
She is looking for flowers or shrubs to give that bit some colour... any ideas? TY.
My daughter's new house has a plot at the kitchen door which tends to stay dampish but not sodden. It's in the shade of the house, on the north side - so hardly ever gets any real strong sun. Approx 10 x 8ft.
She is looking for flowers or shrubs to give that bit some colour... any ideas? TY.
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Foxgloves? A good burst but that's it, may not suit
I think some sort of woodland edge plants, not that I can name any just now, would be idealWhen an eel bites your bum, that's a Moray0 -
I really like dicentra Gold Heart. The foliage brightens the shade up before it flowers. It does die back in winter though!
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Oh I like that dicentra, that's nice! Will also tell her to check out Foxgloves, ty.0
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I have a similar patch and hostas do well - I also have dicentra. Solomon's seal is lovely too.
Geranium macrorrhizum will flower and flower and is pretty low maintenance.0 -
As others have suggested, think woodland! I have ferns, hostas, hellebores, dicentra alba and Solomon's seal under shrubs like fuchsia ricartionii, twisted willow, buddleia globosa. I've tucked snowdrops, bluebells, miniature daffs like tete a tete into little gaps, which give a lovely show at this time of year. (I've found that hardy fuchsias don't mind a bit of damp and provide colour later in the season)
A lot of Heucharas do well in shade although they don't like wet feet. Some are almost evergreen, there are a marvellous range of colours, and they do flower, although I like them for their foliage. In fact I find them quite addictive .:o
Just make sure that you get the 'recommended for shade' varieties
http://www.heucheraholics.co.uk/
PS They're also known on the American sites as Coral Bells.The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
Thanks to everyone who contributes to this wonderful forum. I'm very grateful for the guidance and friendliness that I always receive from you.
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Please and Thank You are the magic words;)0 -
I've copied this and am sending to her - thanks
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Ladies Mantle, japanese rice paper plant, mexican orange blossom. I've grown all of these in damp shade succesfully. Skint but happy with my lovely family
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O that sounds really nice, I 'll look them up thank you!0
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I've got a similar damp corner by a wall and Astilbes and Astrantia seem happy. Oh and I have some self-set hellebores, so they must like it, too.0
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