higgledy wrote:
This site has a list of shade perinnals

http://www.sunnurseries.com/pdf/shade-perennials.pdf

Thanks...quite a list there....I'll do some googling on some of them
before my next trip to the nursery...I'm familiar with many of them but
am always on the look out for something a bit more unusual....Astilbes
don't seem to do very well in my garden but could well be worth another
go....

Gill