Hi - new to this forum - just needed some advice please. Live in Suffolk, Have a flower bed that is constantly in shade, day in day out - full time. Due to our fence, would like some suggestions on plants/shrubs that will be happy there and possibly any flowering plants - finding it hard to have any success. Thanks for your replies!

Hi - new to this forum - just needed some advice please. Live in
Suffolk, Have a flower bed that is constantly in shade, day in day out
- full time. Due to our fence, would like some suggestions on
plants/shrubs that will be happy there and possibly any flowering
plants - finding it hard to have any success. Thanks for your replies!
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FOXYDM

We had a smallish bed in shade much of the day back in Nottingham so put
down a weed suppressant membrane, covered it with pea shingle then set a
very nice jasmine climber at the back of it on a little trellis, a tree fern
in the middle of the bed and some hostas dotted around it. It looked very
good and brought a dark dull space to life.
--
David
.... Email address on website http://www.avisoft.co.uk
.... Blog at http://dlts-french-adventures.blogspot.com/

"FOXYDM" wrote in message
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Hi - new to this forum - just needed some advice please. Live in
Suffolk, Have a flower bed that is constantly in shade, day in day out
- full time. Due to our fence, would like some suggestions on
plants/shrubs that will be happy there and possibly any flowering
plants - finding it hard to have any success. Thanks for your replies!
--
FOXYDM

If the fence is all that is shading it there will be loads of stuff to grow
there. Try Clematis (nearly all of them) Rambling roses, Honeysuckles,
Hollies, Eleagnus, Euonymus, Phlox and Hardy Geraniums. Fuchsias.
the only things you won't be able to grow are the sun lovers.
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea

On 15/9/06 11:16, in article , "FOXYDM"
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Hi - new to this forum - just needed some advice please. Live in
Suffolk, Have a flower bed that is constantly in shade, day in day out
- full time. Due to our fence, would like some suggestions on
plants/shrubs that will be happy there and possibly any flowering
plants - finding it hard to have any success. Thanks for your replies!


Vincas would be fine and there's a very pretty small flowered, small leafed
one called V. minor flore pleno. Hellebores would take the shade and had
you thought of Sarcococca which blooms in winter with the most fabulous
scent? And there is urg's own FAQ
http://home.clara.net/tmac/urgring/faqshade.htm
BTW, if you subscribe direct to uk.rec.gardening, you will get a lot more
good advice and input. Garden Banter merely takes the posts from urg and
reproduces them, without permission, so that they can sell you things on a
commercial web site. URG is non-commercial and is peopled with novice,
intermediate and extremely experienced gardeners, some of whom are
professionals but most of whom are amateurs. HTH.

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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/