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- snowdrops, wood anemones and white siberian squill would suit you. Polystichum and Dryopteris ferns usually cope well with dry shade. Keep them well-watered when you first plant them. In the summer you can use bedding plants that don't mind shade - begonias by rubber

of teh trrees to allow in more light and, more impirtantly, more rain as the ground will get very dry under trees. Then have a look at forms of brunnera, lily of the valley, geranium macrorhizum, pachysandra, ferns such as Polystichum setiferum by DMG

dark, narrow strip along a walled area I think a combination of Asarum europaeum (evergreen and low-growing), Polystichum setiferum (evergreen), Geranium, Hosta, Helleborus niger would look lovely. Epimediums would be a possibility and also Campanula by emilym

are supposed to be harmless to wildlife, pets, etc. A large fern overhangs the pond and I think has invaded the water. Could it poison the water? It looks like Polystichum setiferum 'Proliferum' but I can't be sure of its identity. Are any plants poisonous by Daily Digger