Shady border

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    Nigelcharge Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi all
    Live in not so sunny Scunthorpe. We have moved into a flat with garden. Doing veg patch at moment but we have a border about 2foot wide and about 12 foot long. Apart from sun 1st thing it is in shade rest of day as it runs along side of next block of flats. What should I plant so that it stays green/flowers all year and grows and spreads so it become low maintenance.
     
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    Hi Nigel, welcome to Gardners Corner.:thumbsup::snorky:

    It sounds like you have a North facing garden:scratch: I can give you a list of shading loving plants but it all comes down to personal choice

    I think a lot of experienced gardeners are still looking for the answer to that!!:snorky:

    Shade Loving Plants.......

    Hostas, Ferns, Bergenia, Japanese Maples, Japanese Laurels [Acuba Japonica], Lily of the Valley, Camellias, Flowering Quince, Fatsia Japonica, Mahonia, Euonymous, Rhododendrons [needs Acid soil], Pieris, Geraniumns, Snowdrops, Alchemilla Mollis, Japanese Anemones, Skimmia Japonica, Rose of Sharon, Ajuga reptans, Tiarella [Foam Flower], Viburnum, Phormium, Hydrangea, Hebe, Epimedium, Cyclamen, Helleborus, Dicentra, Euphorbia, Astilbe, Vinca, Solomon's Seal, Sedum, Ivy, Choisya, Cotoneaster, Angelica, Weigelia, Pulmonaria, ............that will give you some idea.:snorky:
     
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      In my shaded corner( the shadest bit),ive got ferns,ladys mantle,hellebores and christmas shrub?? forgot its proper name but it smells divine when it flowers..im sure you recommended it to me a few yr back @ARMANDII x
       
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        Sarcococca ..just googled x
         
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