"shazzbat" wrote in
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Nothing grows well in the shade. If the trees are a good size they
will be taking all the available nutrients and water, and new plants
will have a really hard time of it.

.... exception to every rule!

Might want to try hardy cyclamen. That's the sort of location they like,
and the leaves are pretty too. And because they are quite small, you don't
have to hack a big hole in the roots to plant them.

I think you could probably get bluebells going there too, though some
people would say that was just compounding the problem!

Victoria
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gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
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