Emery Davis wrote:
On Fri, 05 May 2006 18:37:34 +0100
Gill Passman wrote:

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The problem that I have is that there are a lot of shaded areas and
trees in the garden and I'm trying to come up with some ideas for
planting other than Hostas...

I'm in the SE of England. The garden is West facing...

TIA
Gill


Hi Gill,

You really want uk.rec.gardening (urg). The faq page will probably
tell you all you need to know, and for your climate too.

For shade:

http://www.tmac.clara.co.uk/urgring/faqshade.htm

The main faq:

http://www.tmac.clara.co.uk/urgring/urgfaqs.htm

Also as usual the rhs is very helpful. The plant selector
is at

http://www.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantselector/default.aspx

and will enable you to find what you need for very specific needs.

HTH

-E

Thanks....I did try uk.rec.gardening once but my post got lost in
amongst thousands of troll messages - I never went back....is it quieter
now?

The links are good - the RHS one I think will be of great value not just
for this question but for the rest of the garden as it develops - Can't
think why I didn't think of it as I've got a cousin who works at Wisley
and if asked I'm sure would supply me some plants...

Gill