This border is pretty unique, as it’s not only well drained, but it it also partly shaded.  The plants below are chosen specifically for those “not too sunny, not too shady” spots such as east-facing, those growing under the dappled light of a tree canopy, or where sunlight filters through for just a few hours a day.

Often woodland-inspired but still vibrant and textural choose your favourites from ours.

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HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

  1. Geranium phaeum
  2. Geranium macrorrhizum
  3. Helleborus orientalis
  4. Brunnera macrophylla
  5. Epimedium × rubrum
  6. Pulmonaria saccharata
  7. Heuchera micrantha
  8. Tiarella cordifolia
  9. Bergenia cordifolia
  10. Astrantia major
  11. Omphalodes verna
  12. Alchemilla mollis
  13. Dicentra formosa
  14. Polygonatum × hybridum
  15. Digitalis lutea

CLIMBERS

  1. Hedera helix
  2. Hydrangea petiolaris
  3. Lonicera periclymenum
  4. Clematis alpina
  5. Clematis macropetala
  6. Clematis montana
  7. Clematis viticella
  8. Lonicera henryi
  9. Akebia quinata
  10. Jasminum nudiflorum
  11. Parthenocissus quinquefolia
  12. Parthenocissus tricuspidata
  13. Rosa climbing types
  14. Vitis ‘Brandt’
  15. Fallopia baldschuanica

SHRUBS

  1. Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
  2. Hydrangea macrophylla
  3. Euonymus fortunei
  4. Fatsia japonica
  5. Pieris japonica
  6. Skimmia japonica
  7. Viburnum tinus
  8. Viburnum davidii
  9. Spiraea japonica
  10. Cornus alba
  11. Mahonia aquifolium
  12. Ilex aquifolium
  13. Aucuba japonica
  14. Sarcococca confusa
  15. Daphne odora

BULBS

  1. Galanthus nivalis
  2. Narcissus poeticus
  3. Cyclamen hederifolium
  4. Cyclamen coum
  5. Crocus tommasinianus
  6. Hyacinthoides non-scripta
  7. Fritillaria meleagris
  8. Scilla siberica
  9. Allium ursinum
  10. Corydalis solida
  11. Erythronium ‘Pagoda’
  12. Arum italicum
  13. Leucojum vernum
  14. Trillium grandiflorum
  15. Tulipa clusiana

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES

  1. Carex morrowii
  2. Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’
  3. Carex sylvatica
  4. Carex pendula
  5. Luzula sylvatica
  6. Luzula nivea
  7. Hakonechloa macra
  8. Deschampsia cespitosa
  9. Melica uniflora
  10. Milium effusum ‘Aureum’
  11. Ophiopogon planiscapus
  12. Briza media
  13. Sesleria autumnalis
  14. Pennisetum orientale
  15. Molinia caerulea

FERNS

  1. Dryopteris filix-mas
  2. Dryopteris erythrosora
  3. Dryopteris affinis
  4. Polystichum setiferum
  5. Polystichum aculeatum
  6. Polystichum polyblepharum
  7. Athyrium niponicum
  8. Athyrium filix-feina
  9. Cyrtomium fortunei
  10. Asplenium scolopendrium
  11. Asplenium trichomanes
  12. Blechnum spicant
  13. Adiantum venustus
  14. Matteuccia struthiopteris
  15. Osmunda regalis

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