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Moving a fern and what to put in this shady place

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  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    Your fern looks like a reasonable height, so I would put it at the back.  We have a nice sedge (Carex Oshimensis Everillo) which we have beside our ferns.  It has a bright, acid yellow, evergreen foliage.  It prefers damp shade, so might be nice at the front of your border.


  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    White dicentra [or whatever they call it now] is perfect for that space. You can do Camassias for a bit of height if there's room. They come in white. Polemonium [Jacob's Ladder] also comes in white. White hardy geraniums. 

    Hakenochloa [centre of pic] will also grow perfectly there. I think it's 'aureola' I have, but there's a few varieties. Makes a clump about 18 inches to 2 feet, and spread quite easily.
    You can have hellebores, primulas and bulbs with it too. I grow it in sunnier sites as well as shade

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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