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, and aubretias as well as osteospermums are all colourful evergreen groundover for me. In dry warm conditions they are excellent as well as thymes Vinca major, is great in any situation Vinca goes mad here but spoils it by getting rust (or something that looks by Christopher Mackinnon

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27/03/2013 23:43:50

by nutcutlet

Side of House

really narrow back and long (shade) we have part retaining wall between us and next door, I planted some spreading stuff from mums garden ivy, periwinkle, bugle , campanula etc only short space . Next door though had a twig of honeysuckle so I nurtured by Highland Jeannie

04/02/2013 22:59:51

by bunnysgarden

colour in a shady garden??

at the Peter Beales website - brilliant, lots of help), periwinkles, alchemilla mollis and I've only just started ... Lavender wouldn't do well in shade so looks like your garden is really suitable for your mum We have a deep north facing border by one girl and her dog(s)

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01/07/2012 05:56:38

by auntie betty

"desirable" plants that become invasive monsters

where lily of the valley had virtually taken over and I pulled them out like weeds. Also borage Lily of the valley and vinca major, planted by previous owner and spread throughout the perennial border. In fact some still pop up several feet away from by Verdun

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15/02/2013 00:35:30

by Keyser Soze

Talkback: Plants for small gardens - BBC Gardeners' World Live 2009

flowers, or an acer capellipes (sp?) - snake bark maple. i'd put in at least one old rose shrub, such as rosa alba semi-plena, underplanted with some hebes or variegated vincas, and maybe some dark purple ajuga... by akebia

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24/11/2011 15:28:25

by titaflan

plants for part shade/ full shade

, erythroniums, frittillary- if moist enough. Plants - heucheras, japanese anemones, hardy geraniums- lots to chose from, Vinca minor, Solomons seal, epimediums- if dry shade, ajugas for ground cover, yes various ivies, lamiums. Grasses - I've got an evergreen by Gardengirl..

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09/04/2013 18:36:56

by Verdun

Can anybody name this?

our native orchids at Westonbirt Arboretum last year. I' 'll see if that helps. I agree. It is lovely. I thought at first it looked like a vinca but reading other replies it does indeed look more like a Wood violet or viola. It's very pretty by Brendan Jones

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28/04/2013 23:11:58

by Silver surfer

Clay soil problem

violets, forget me nots, brunneria, lily of the valley. lamium, lysimachia(creeping jenny, but get the yellow one not the green as it is invasive), periwinkle, aquilegia, asters, euphorbia, violas, skimmia.........and many more like or tolerate shade. All by L0la

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10/03/2012 18:22:46

by ritna

which plants would be best?

,rogersias and acteas would grow well for you. Grasses like hakonechloa, acorus, Bowles golden grass and loads of carex with their coloured foliage too. Vincas, some variegated, arum lilies and what about dwarf and Japanese willows and maples? Chris I can recommend by chellie

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29/07/2012 20:43:40

by chellie

New plants but panicking over predicted snow/frost this week!

are in 2 litre pots, but there are a few in 9cm pots (Vinca minor, digitalis) Yes nut I'm finding that young plants grow so very fast right now. I'm potting on regularly now with plants seemingly doubling in size in a matter of couple of weeks....and I by Dan 2

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10/03/2013 09:49:18

by Bev Pounsett-Krynauw

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