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Please somebody help! About a month ago I planted a lovely healthy heuchera 'lime marmalade', at the front of a shady flowerbed where it is in sun for about 3 hours a day but shade the rest of the time. It has now developed blackish spots all over

grown it. I planted Honesty in shady area last year , worked very well, lovely flowers and wonderful seed pods for Autumn interest. As usual you guys have come up trumps. For an amateur gardener this forum is a wonderful resource. Thank you all. We have

throughout the year....Excited? Most large flowered clematis will also grow happily in shade, if you want some climbers. If i had to choose; shady garden or sunny, I'd pick shady every time. Thanks everyone, lots of ideas!!

. Not that I've ever had this good fortune, but when you're gardening, free seeds are always a jackpot.Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea) produce seeds by the thousand. A few years ago I planted several of them in my shady border, but since then they've self

.  With cyclamen, let it dry out but not totally, carefully remove the dead leaves at their base by the corm. Try not to leave any of leaf stem on. I just leave them in a cool shady place, I tend to not put them in the garden because of creatures getting

I am moving into a rental house and have been given permission to plant in the garden - as long as i don't alter the shape of the border.It is a very small garden (5x2meters, tops) with borders on the sides and a small patio of a similar size.I have

would plant a shady garden. I'm surprised that the programme is rarely referred to on this Forum - does anyone but me ever listen any more? I've only recently started to listen to it, I find it informative, occasionally funny and over-all very enjoyable

geraniums" thumbnail, so it appears that the morning widow (Geranium phaeum) is just one variety of many cranesbill geraniums. How confusing! Very useful. I have been looking for some guidance on what plants I can plant in a shady area of my garden. I

I have something in my garden [i hate to call it a weed]. it is more than 2m tall,has 2in thick, hollow stems. the flowers are like small pink orchids which bloom from may till september, and grows in a wild part of the garden in semi shade on top

The orange-coloured stems of the dogwood 'Winter Beauty' add a fiery touch to an autumn garden, and they'll continue to steal the show until spring. An evergreen fern acts as a lush green cushion beneath it throughout winter, while the bright red