Plants for Shade (Dry Soil)

Not everyone can have a south facing garden. However, that doesn't mean you can't have a beautiful garden. Some plants prefer shade. The natural state for many shrubs and herbaceous plants is under taller trees! Planting shade loving/dry soil plants can also help to retain moisture in the soil - helping shade loving/moist soil plants to thrive. Below is a list of plants that are happy in shady conditions.

If you are not sure which parts of your garden get sun and which areas don't - try buying some small solar powered lamps! The amount of light given off each evening will indicate which lamps received the most sunlight.

Shade loving Trees

Ilex aquifolium (Holly)
Taxus baccata (Yew)

Shadow loving Shrubs

Buxus sempervirens (box)
Daphne laureola
Elaeagnus x ebbingei
Lonicera pileata
Mahonia aquifolium
Osmanthus decorus
Ruscus aculeatus
Vinca minor
Vinca major
Kerria japonica
Rubus tricolour
Aucuba japonica
Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’

Shady Ferns

Asplenium scolopendrium (harts tongue fern)
Ceterach officinarum (rusty black fern)
Polypodium vulgare (common polypody)

Perennials for shade

Alchemilla mollis
Iris foetidissima
Epimedium pinnatum subs. Colchicum
Symphytum grandiflorum
Bergenia cordifolia
Geranium macrorrhizum
Helleborus foetidus

Climbers for shade

Cissus striata
Hedera canariensis

Keep your car boot clean and order these shade loving plants online for home delivery at gardencentre.co.uk...