Shade plants
Wild Garlic Amaryllidaceae
Popular Ransoms or Wild Garlic is great for shade with edible leaves, cloves, and flowers. Flowers in April/May. Shade. Makes excellent...
Nepalese Raspberry Rosaceae
An evergreen groundcover growing to 10cm. Zone 8. Producing masses of white flowers and raspberry-like fruit. Sun or part-shade. Originally from...
Shuttlecock Fern, Ostrich Fern, Fiddleheads Onocleaceae
Deciduous European rhizomatous ornamental fern forming shuttlecock-like plumes up to 1m. Old specimen can form trunks. Edible leaves-young...
Jimbur Amaryllidaceae
Popular Himalayan vegetable grown for its mild garlic flavoured leaves & roots. Very useful for the Forest Garden, growing well in shade...
Purple Angelica Apiaceae
A striking purple leaved angelica, followed by purple umbels in late summer. Sun or part-shade. Self-seeds. 1 litre pot
Pink Fairy Bells Colchicaceae
A vigorous clone producing masses of plummy pink flowers in spring followed by black berries. Sun or part-shade. In all...
Wild Ginger, Asarabacca Aristolochiaceae
Attractive glossy robust evergreen groundcover for shade. Drought tolerant. Used as a medicinal herb. Purple-red flowers appear beneath leaves. Frequently...
Udo, Japanese Asparagus Araliaceae
An attractive herbaceous aralia with edible young shoots. Eaten cooked or raw in spring. Most good soils in sun or...
Mount Emei Bamboo Fern Pteridaceae
Recently introduced Bamboo fern from Mt. Emei, China. It displays a natural variegation, that is semi-evergreen. New growth emerging in...
Knotted Crane’s Bill Geraniaceae
One of the best forms of G. nodosum with gorgeous rich velvety purple flowers. Sun or shade
Pachyphragma Brassicaceae
A delightful perennial brassica similar to Hedge Mustard, with oval leaves and masses of white flowers in early spring. Shade. Ht 40cm....
Chinese Yam Dioscoreaceae
Perennial hardy climber with fleshy rootstock (yam) and heart-shaped leaves. The yam is eaten in China and is cooked like potatoes....
Colocasia Araceae
A hardy Colocasia for a truly tropical look. Survives even harsh winters given a mulch to protect the tubers. Grows well...
Chinese Fairy Bells Colchicaceae
Our new selection from a batch of Night Heron seedlings. This grows to stunning size (over 1.8m) Limited availability.
Devil’s Tongue Araceae
Spectacular voodoo lily with a tall purple flower spike in April followed by a large spotted leaves. It is commonly used...
Oak Fern Dryopteridaceae
Delicate deciduous fern with gorgeous fresh green foliage in the spring. Polish clone from Krosno, Poland. Excellent in dry shade. Ht...
Shuttlecock Fern 'Bedraggled Feather', Ostrich Fern Onocleaceae
Interesting & rare form of Shuttlecock Fern. Deciduous European rhizomatous ornamental fern forming shuttlecock-like plumes up to...
Lace Fern Davalliaceae
Deciduous epiphytic fern with climbing...
Chinese Fairy Bells Colchicaceae
Clump-forming rhizomatous perennial, bearing lance-shaped leaves, and umbels of purple flowers, in late spring, followed by black-red berries. Shade. Leigong,...
Disporum 'Lisu Bells' Colchicaceae
Evergreen slowly creeping Disporum from Manipur, large creamy white flowers in hanging clusters, followed by persistent black berries. excellent in...
Moupin Bladder Fern Cystopteridaceae
A delightful little deciduous fern from Moupin, China and into...
Although named T. javanicum, this delightful woodlander was found in Fan Jing Shan, Guizhou, China at 2050m. Delicate frothy white flowers held above blue-green ferny...
Thimbleberry Rosaceae
Spineless clump-forming shrub to 1.5m with large palmate leaves and large white flowers. Producing bright red flat raspberry-like fruit in late summer....
Korean Traveller Thelypteridaceae
Rare deciduous groundcover fern from Korean and Taiwan. The beech leaf green fronds have a tansy-like look to them. Early into frond,...
Maries's Maidenhair Pteridaceae
A vigorous sterile hybrid between A. capillus-veneris and another unknown parent. Proving hardy with us. Attractive evergreen clumps in moist dry shade.
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Japanese Fairy Bells Colchicaceae
Rare Japanese variegated Disporum sp. with creeping rhizomes and stems to 50cm. Terminal green-white striped flowers. Shade or part-shade. 9...
Korean Holly Fern Dryopteridaceae
Rare fern from Korea that we originally collected as P. braunii. Shiny evergreen fronds. Forms a beautiful shuttlecock with time....
Faccid Anemone Ranunculaceae
Rarely offered double flowered form of this easy Japanese woodlander. Deeply cut naturally variegated foliage appearing in early spring. Shade. Hardy....
Cautleya Zingiberaceae
A bulbous perennial ginger, with lanceolate leaves and spikes of yellow flowers with red-tinted bracts in July & August. Purple backs to...
Kurata’s Wood-Fern Dryopteridaceae
An evergreen hardy fern with distinctive black scales. Newly introduced from East Asia Will grow in sun or shade in...
Chilean Guava 'Red Devil' Myrtaceae
Evergreen small shrub, producing china-white bells and excellent red berries with a resinous strawberry flavour. This variety is named...
Skeleton Flower Berberidaceae
Rarely offered herbaceous perennial producing almost transparent white flowers above dissected umbrella-like leaves in late spring....
Devil’s Tongue Araceae
Spectacular voodoo lily with a tall purple flower spike in April followed by a large spotted leaves. It is commonly used...
Barrenwort Berberidaceae
Incredibly floriferous Darrell Probst hybrid from 2004. Producing masses of burgundy flowers with caramel tipped whit spurs. Forms tight clumps. Shade 1...
Miniature Dragon Araceae
Tuberous perennial with attractive shiny heart-shaped leaves and hooded pineapple scented flowers. Shade. Own stock. Ht 15cm. China.
Wood Anemone Ranunculaceae
Very early form of Wood Anemone from Transylvania, Romania. As early as February-April. Sun or Shade