Lamium ‘Beacon Silver' is a tough yet showy groundcover. Forming a spreading patch of small silver leaves with a narrow green edge and clusters of bright pink flowers, this plant will tolerate even dry shade once established. Read more about Lamium maculatum ‘Beacon Silver’
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We use this extensively in our gardens beside the house on the path to the loo. For difficult shaded areas it is profoundly good. This is a fine soft light blue flowered form of ornamental comfrey. Read more about Symphytum grandiflorum ‘Ascot Blue’
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A gently spreading ground cover for a shady spot. The delicate leaves bear aloft soft pearl flowers. Commonly found in southwestern British Columbia, western Washington and Oregon and northwestern California where it is a common understory plant in shady fir forests. Read more about Vancouveria hexandra
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A superb variety of shade loving groundcover. Its evergreen glossy dark purple almost black foliage makes a dense carpet in any shady spot which doesn’t parch during summer. Showy spikes of deep blue flowers on 25 cm tall stems are produced in spring. Read more about Ajuga reptans ‘Black Scallop’
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Silver green leaves form a dense evergreen carpet all year round. Spires of violet-blue flowers are produced in spring. Ajuga reptans makes such a dense mat of foliage that annual weeds rarely bother it. It does best when grown in a shaded moist position. Read more about Ajuga reptans ‘Silver Carpet’
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Annual weeds are effectively kept at bay by a thick carpet of Ajuga leaves. This makes a dense mat of dark foliage topped by shorter pink flower spikes in spring and summer. It does best when grown in full sun or part shade. Little watering required once established. Read more about Ajuga reptans ‘Pink Elf’
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This Ajuga makes a carpet of tricoloured leaves, burgundy, creamy white and green. A true groundcover ‘Burgundy Glow’ makes such a dense mat of foliage that annual weeds rarely bother it. It does best when grown in a shaded moist position. Read more about Ajuga reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’
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A dense mat of dark foliage topped by deep blue flower spikes in spring and summer. Annual weeds will be kept at bay by the thick carpet of Ajuga leaves. It does best when grown in full sun or part shade. Little watering required once established. 80cm tall by 20cm wide. Read more about Ajuga reptans ‘Jungle Beauty’
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One of the best evergreen plants for shade, even dry shade, this is a superb clone with wider, longer, waxier and more arching leaves than the type. Masses of white shooting star, lily like flowers are produced in spring and summer. Read more about Arthropodium cirrhatum ‘Matapouri Bay’
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A relatively dwarf New Zealand Rock Lily with handsome arching sword shaped leaves and produces masses of shooting star, lily-like flowers during spring and summer. Read more about Arthropodium cirrhatum ‘Te Puna’
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'Alexander's Great' is a hardy shade-loving perennial with a tidy mounding habit. Its stunning silver leaves make a statement with contrasting green veins and edges, similar to Brunnera 'Jack Frost' but larger. Read more about Brunnera macrophylla ‘Alexanders Great’
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This plant is happier in light shade where its large creamy white variegated leaves are handsome the year round. During spring a cloud of sky blue, forget-me-not flowers floats above the foliage mound. It needs some supplementary watering during summer. 50cm x50cm. Read more about Brunnera macrophylla ‘Dawsons White’
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A really good foliage and flowering plant for shade. Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’ has silver, heart shaped basal leaves which are hidden during spring and early summer by clouds of true blue for-get-me-not flowers held well above the foliage on thin wiry stems. Read more about Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’
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The leaves of ‘Looking Glass’, a stunning new variety of Brunnera’ turn almost solid silver after flowering. 40cm tall stems carry a myriad of for-get-me-not flowers during spring. Brunnera grow best in some shade but need a little summer irrigation. Read more about Brunnera macrophylla ‘Looking Glass’
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‘Sea Heart’, a stunning new introduction, has strong textured heart shaped silver leaves with green edging and green veins. 50cm tall stems of blue for-get-me-not flowers are produced during late spring and early summer. Read more about Brunnera macrophylla ‘Sea Heart’
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‘Silver Heart’ is a wonderful new introduction with silver heart shaped leaves lightly veined green. The leaves are strongly textured and stand heat and humidity well. Blue forget-me-not flowers are produced on 50cm tall stems during late spring and early summer. Read more about Brunnera macrophylla ‘Silver Heart’
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