Summer and winter flowering couple perennials

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• Deveshmittal.devesh Posts: 59

  May 2020

  Thanks in advance

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• Butterfly66 Posts: 970

  May 2020 edited May 2020

  How big is the pot and will it be in sun or shade?

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• Deveshmittal.devesh Posts: 59

  May 2020

  Roughly 3 ft by 1 ft. 

  
  

  I have three of them - one will be in shade most of the time. Other two will get evening sunlight for about 2 hrs
  

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• punkdoc Posts: 15,039

  May 2020

  Those pots are very shallow for shrubs.
  It also sounds as though they don't get enough sunlight.

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  May 2020

  Goodness..that is cruelty to plants.
  All want to grow taller and cannot.
  I cannot think of any evergreen shrubs that would be happy to stay at about 25cm tall.
  That is not a pot it is a prison!
  
  How would you like to live in a dolls house where the ceilings are so low you can never stand up and have to crawl along on hands and knees.

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• Deveshmittal.devesh Posts: 59

  May 2020

  Maybe I used the wrong word - shrubs. What small plants can I put in this pot. Btw it has a height of roughly 1 ft. 

  
  

  The one picture I have attached is part shade 1 he in the morning. I have two more which get 2-3 hours in the evening sun. 
  

  
  

  Thank you Silversurfer for the unnecessary troll. Do suggest if you have a recommendation, else please let others be more constructive.  

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  May 2020 edited May 2020

  Sorry I got the height wrong.
  1ft is still very low.
  Your plants are taller than the planter...growing towards the light.
  
  Primula auricula ...are evergreen and very special. Collectable.
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=PRIMULA++auricula+&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwj227aroJXpAhUaahoKHQg_A6oQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=PRIMULA++auricula+&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDDICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAA6BAgAEBhQ5iJYkipgvj5oAHAAeACAAbgBiAGcBZIBAzYuMZgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1n&sclient=img&ei=QnGtXvayAZrUaYj-jNAK&bih=944&biw=1920&client=firefox-b-d
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=PRIMULA++auricula+theatre&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpoePJn5XpAhVFiVwKHXXDC50Q_AUoAXoECBIQAw&biw=1920&bih=944
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

  May 2020

  Would you consider a variety of ferns for the one in shade - they would be happy there.
  Geranium Phaeum is perennial and happy in the shade, but you'll only get flowers for a few weeks. Of course there's always ivy for the shade too which you could grow up an obelisk of some sort to add height.
  
  For the other 2 I'm sure some small perennials could work
  Here's your starter for 10-
  https://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/perennials/plcid.2/vid.167/
  You can use the filters on the left of the page to narrow the choices.
  Of course you don't have to buy from Crocus.

  
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• Deveshmittal.devesh Posts: 59

  May 2020

  Thank you for the recommendations appreciate it. Pete, I love the link. Great filters. 

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• Fire Posts: 19,096

  May 2020

  Not flowering, but something like Adiantum venustum  can look lovely in shade. Fuchsias and begonias do well in shade - choose types that do well in hanging baskets. Begonias can return each year if the weather doesn't ge too cold. Wild strawberries are also happy in shade, and hellebores.
  

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