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Summer/autumn flowering evergreen shrub for shade?

TheGardenerFromMarsTheGardenerFromMars Posts: 65
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I need an evergreen shrub which flowers in the summer and/or autumn and is happy in shade. It’s not deep shade, it’s just a corner that doesn’t get loads of direct sunlight. Soil stays relatively moist.

Ideally a height and spread of about 1m or happy with pruning.

It’s next to shrubs which flower in the winter and spring, hence why I’d like something that will flower in the summer/autumn.

Any ideas?



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  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Mahonia Soft Caress or Charity/Winter Sun 
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Sorry. I didn’t see the “summer” part of your post! 😂
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited April 2023
    You really need to get out  and look and ask about what you see.

    Try "gardens open". NT, RHS, locals.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • TheGardenerFromMarsTheGardenerFromMars Posts: 65
    TheGreenMan said:
    Sorry. I didn’t see the “summer” part of your post! 😂

    TheGreenMan said:
    Sorry. I didn’t see the “summer” part of your post! 😂


    Soft Caress fits the bill, though it's possibly more of a shade area than part shade. Might still give it a try, though.
  • TheGardenerFromMarsTheGardenerFromMars Posts: 65
    bédé said:
    You really need to get out  and look and ask about what you see.

    Try "gardens open". NT, RHS, locals.
    I'm in gardens all the time, and learning all the time, but there are a lot plants to learn about :)
  • SueAtooSueAtoo Posts: 380
    Eleagnus for the scent.
    East Dorset, new (to me) rather neglected garden.
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    No good looking at gardens this summer/autumn if you want the plant to be up and running this summer/autumn. 
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    Consider...

    Hypericum moserianum ... it's evergreen, about 1 mtr, flowers from June to Oct, hardy, and does not mind where it grows..  compact and not invasive..




    ..September flowering..


    ...or Hypericum 'Magical Beauty', which has reddish/copper berries after flowering, which turn black in autumn..


    ..easy shrubs to brighten a dull area.. 
    East Anglia, England
  • TheGardenerFromMarsTheGardenerFromMars Posts: 65
    Marlorena said:
    Consider...

    Hypericum moserianum ... it's evergreen, about 1 mtr, flowers from June to Oct, hardy, and does not mind where it grows..  compact and not invasive..




    ..September flowering..


    ...or Hypericum 'Magical Beauty', which has reddish/copper berries after flowering, which turn black in autumn..


    ..easy shrubs to brighten a dull area.. 

    Thanks. I think it might be a bit low for the spot I have in mind, but I may well use it in another part of the garden :)
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