Dark Dry Patch
 

I have an area of soil under a 3 foot eave (Not Eve!), it's North
facing, and I'm in North Cumbria. Weeds germinate in it, so it's not
hopeless, and I can water it easily with a buried pipe from a butt. We
don't do droughts here! The soil is acid/neutral.

I'd like to grow something here as it's near the entrance to the
house. Hostas and Impatiens, maybe, but what else?

R.

Dark Dry Patch
 

On 27/3/09 20:24, in article ,
"TheOldFellow" wrote:

I have an area of soil under a 3 foot eave (Not Eve!), it's North
facing, and I'm in North Cumbria. Weeds germinate in it, so it's not
hopeless, and I can water it easily with a buried pipe from a butt. We
don't do droughts here! The soil is acid/neutral.

I'd like to grow something here as it's near the entrance to the
house. Hostas and Impatiens, maybe, but what else?

R.

Ligularia przewalskii ? Astilbes?

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What about ferns? Lots of leaf and colour variation, and very easy...can be interplanted with hostas.