sue thanks for the suggestion, will look into them
neatbush will think about them again, how do they fare in winter?
They pretty much die back to stems and regrow late spring, so half the year you have nothing to look at. I would not say that they are front garden material.
Cyrtomium falcatum or Japanese Holly Fern would work well as is evergreen, dry shade loving but also takes sun - there is also a large variety of it.
My shady side of the house grows hostas,ferns,campanula poschkarskyana,heuchera,foxgloves,nasturtions,welsh poppies,geranium Bill Wallace,valerian,pulmonaria,euonymous,comfrey. All brilliant for wildlife. Go for it Bramble lover, you don't want paving.
Hardy fuchsias are good - our front garden is north facing, so shady for most of the day. There was a well-established fuchsia in it when we moved in 11 years ago and all it needs is a hard prune in April and it flowers its heart out for months. It is bare in the winter, but beautiful in the summer. Aquilegias do well too and the seed heads are quite nice and as they self-seed, you'll have oodles of plants for free. Same goes for Californian poppies - a little burst of sunshine!
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sue thanks for the suggestion, will look into them
neatbush will think about them again, how do they fare in winter?
They pretty much die back to stems and regrow late spring, so half the year you have nothing to look at. I would not say that they are front garden material.
Cyrtomium falcatum or Japanese Holly Fern would work well as is evergreen, dry shade loving but also takes sun - there is also a large variety of it.
My shady side of the house grows hostas,ferns,campanula poschkarskyana,heuchera,foxgloves,nasturtions,welsh poppies,geranium Bill Wallace,valerian,pulmonaria,euonymous,comfrey. All brilliant for wildlife. Go for it Bramble lover, you don't want paving.
Hostas are great, and you might be lucky and get a friendly hedgehog to come and eat the slugs
i have just got home from work and found some more replies, thank you, i now have lots to consider. i have another question do i start a new post?
Hardy fuchsias are good - our front garden is north facing, so shady for most of the day. There was a well-established fuchsia in it when we moved in 11 years ago and all it needs is a hard prune in April and it flowers its heart out for months. It is bare in the winter, but beautiful in the summer. Aquilegias do well too and the seed heads are quite nice and as they self-seed, you'll have oodles of plants for free. Same goes for Californian poppies - a little burst of sunshine!