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Shrubs for a 80% Shaded Border

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  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 Posts: 1,813
    Its been rianing for days so the holes I have dug in the front garden are full of water so I am watering them in the pots in the conservatory which is not ideal

    Good luck with yours matey
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'd second Osmanthus burkwoodii. I have it in a shady border - it gets virtually no sun until summer, and then only in late afternoon.
    Mahonias will grow anywhere, as will Berberis and Pyracantha, despite the experts saying otherwise. I had a pyracantha in a previous garden, near the front door. It had no sun at all. Covered in berries every year, and the blackbirds loved standing on the steps eating them. 
    I have Potentillas in almost full shade too, and white Spirea argutas. Eleagnus doesn't mind plenty of shade too. Fatsia if you have room and like architectural shrubs.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I can vouch for Pyracantha too.
    My neighbour has one by their front door which gets no sun ever yet it grows well and is smothered in berries every year.

    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 Posts: 1,813
    I sometimes wonder if growers / sellers know enough to give advice or whether they are mainly thinking about sales.

    Im just off to prune my Cynicus  Gigantius !!
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    NewBoy2 said:

    Im just off to prune my Cynicus  Gigantius !!
    Don't cut it back too far - it may not regrow at all :)

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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