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A perennial for a shady, long and very narrow border

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  • Peanuts3Peanuts3 Posts: 759

    A friend of mine has got some lovely ferns down the side of her house, they add a bit of height and seems fairly sturdy.  Not sure if that is any help. image

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,887

    hosta lancifolia is a lovely , tough as old boots hosta which is pretty small.

    Devon.
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053

    Thinking about this again. What about some prettily coloured small leaved ivy? Tough as old boots, easy to haul out and won't attack the wheelie bins on their trips to the kerb..............

    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • SupernoodleSupernoodle Posts: 954

    Sweet woodruff?

  • SalinoSalino Posts: 1,609

     

    Dovefromabove wrote (see)

    If I spoke to it nicely and asked it to grow outwards rather than across the path???

     I could explain about the danger of getting its toes run over by the wheelie bin image

    ...well, I can't see it, as it soon gets away from you, but anything is worth a try I suppose... 'Cambridge' much the same...image

    ...Fuchsia 'Genii' any good...?

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,110

    I think the Ajuga is as good a suggestion as anything Dove. Most plants are going to be too big one way or another and the flowers are great for bees too. Some of the small Euphorbias or the prostrate Gaultheria are the only other things I can think  of that would stay compact although there's certainly a few very dwarf  Hostas.

     

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



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • CaralCaral Posts: 301

    Just spotted this in the mail from GW for dry shade. 

    http://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/features/flowers/plants-for-dry-shade/4787.html 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,110

    I've got the answer - a smaller wheelie bin ...image

    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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